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Is he slipping off under cover of those low blackthorns?'

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

We, too, sprung from loins of the Ishmaelite stallions, We glory in daring that dies or prevails; From 'counter of squadrons, and crash of battalions, To rending of blackthorns, and rattle of rails.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

In the mean time, as to this extraordinary precosness, the like is reported of a certain wallnut-tree as well as of the famous white-thorns of Glassenbury, and blackthorns in several places.

From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by Nisbet, John

It may be found during May and June among the lichens of oaks, blackthorns, and firs, especially in the woods of the south of England.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

A man's watching you from the blackthorns at the top of the wood.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley