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laid in lavender

laid in lavender is the simple past and past participle of lay in lavender.

Meaning of lay in lavender

Verb

lay in lavender (third-person singular simple present lays in lavender, present participle laying in lavender, simple past and past participle laid in lavender)

  1. To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, obsolete) To pawn.
    • 17th century, Aphra Behn, The Luckey Chance
      I have business, very earnest business abroad this Evening; now were you a Rascal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way to get home my last Suit that was laid in Lavender—with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig, Cravat, and so forth.

Questions about laid in lavender

What is laid in lavender the simple past and past participle of?
Laid in lavender is the simple past and past participle of lay in lavender.

Words near laid in lavender in the dictionary

  1. laid hands on
  2. laid hold on
  3. laid hold upon
  4. laid in
  5. laid in ashes
  6. laid in lavender
  7. laid into
  8. laid it on
  9. laid it on thick
  10. laid low
  11. laid odds

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