hickory

Example Sentences

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The house where Barbara is now standing, filling an enormous salad bowl with red chickory, chard and minutina from the garden, “came down the road in two pieces.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2016

There were no trees, but so many flowers that even the ruts were blue with chickory.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

Mix one cupful each of shredded lettuce, celery, and chickory, and one teaspoonful each of chopped beets, onion, parsley, tarragon, and sweet red pepper.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Reed, Myrtle

The rye was full of chickory and poppies, the ditches along the road where the spring dampness still lingered were white with the delicate loveliness of cow-parsley, that most spiritual of weeds.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

"He fell into a budmash on his way home and was half-drowned, but the chickory, assisted by a friendly chota-hazri, managed to pull him out … quite an eventful day!"

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.