tinker tailor grass
tinker tailor grass noun: any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).
Noun
tinker tailor grass (countable and uncountable, plural tinker tailor grasses)
- Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).
- At Fifty-six Eden Street the parched front lawn was scattered with dry cocksfoot seeds and faded tinker-tailor grass.1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 171
- I'd make a daisy chain for the fairies or play with the tinker tailor grass, or just dream the time away.2012, Durelle Dean, Ravaged Innocence, page 82
Forms of tinker tailor grass
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Origin of tinker tailor grass
From its use in counting or choosing games, especially those used to divine the profession of a future sweetheart ("tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…").
Questions about tinker tailor grass
- What does tinker tailor grass mean?
- Tinker tailor grass means any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).
- What part of speech is tinker tailor grass?
- Tinker tailor grass is a noun.
- What is the plural of tinker tailor grass?
- The plural of tinker tailor grass is tinker tailor grasses.
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