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meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery noun: synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor”).

meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery: synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor”)
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Noun

meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery (plural meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries)

  1. Synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor”).
    • This is, of course, the heartsease of Shakespeare. It is one of several annuals long known as "none-so-pretty," and has also been called "come-and-cuddle-me," "Kit-run-about," "Kitty-come," "three-faces-under-a-hood," "pink-of-my-Joan," "tickle-my-fancy," "kiss-me-ere-I-rise," and...1901-1917, Country Life in America, Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 486
    • From its coquettishly hanging head and half-hidden face, the Pansy bears a whole catalogue of amatory names: it is Heart's-ease, Love in Idleness, Pink of my John, Tittle my fancy, Jump up and Kiss me, Kiss behind the Garden Gate, Meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery—The longest...1891, William Tuckwell, Tongues in Trees and Sermons in Stones, George Allen, →OCLC, pages 79-80
    Synonyms:
    wild pansy

Synonyms of meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

Forms of meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

pluralmeet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries

Origin of meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

From meet + her + in + the + entry + kiss + her + in + the + buttery. See kiss-her-in-the-buttery § Etymology.

Questions about meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

What does meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery mean?
Meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery means synonym of wild pansy (“Viola tricolor”).
What part of speech is meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery?
Meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery is a noun.
What is the plural of meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery?
The plural of meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery is meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries.

Words near meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery in the dictionary

  1. meet-and-greet
  2. meet-and-greets
  3. meet-cute
  4. meet-cutes
  5. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries
  6. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery
  7. meet-me room
  8. meet-me rooms
  9. meet-meat merger
  10. meet-up
  11. meet-ups

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