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lay up in lavender

lay up in lavender is the alternative form 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.

Forms of lay up in lavender

third-person singular presentlays up in lavender
present participlelaying up in lavender
past participlelaid up in lavender
pastlaid up in lavender

Questions about lay up in lavender

What is lay up in lavender the alternative form of?
Lay up in lavender is the alternative form of lay in lavender.

Words near lay up in lavender in the dictionary

  1. lay to
  2. lay to heart
  3. lay to rest
  4. lay tracks
  5. lay up
  6. lay up in lavender
  7. lay up with
  8. lay upon
  9. lay vicar
  10. lay vicars
  11. lay waste

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