mangold
Example Sentences
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The thrower whose mangold lands closest to the Norman is the winner.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
Yonder green is the swede, or turnip, or mangold; but frequent as are the fields of roots, the golden tint overpowers the green.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
I hope E. G. R. will, however, not insist on classing those who say and write "mangold" with those who would write "reddishes, sparrowgrass, and cowcumbers."
From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
If you are so very hungry you can always get a swede or a mangold out of Farmer Eggins's field.
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
It has been said by some that the rootlets of mangold will reach the drains under them; and, particularly, where the drains contain most water in rapid motion.
From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French
