arrogate

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After all my reason can accord, in the way of respect, for these utilitarian notions, I solemnly protest against marrowfats, cultivated in Mr. Loudon’s pauper hotbeds.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

I got them fixed into the softest of that bunch of marrowfats.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

Peas are always fine, especially the marrowfats, which are sometimes grown in the fields, on cleared lands that are under the plough.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

From the marrowfats I obtained only four pecks and a half, and no seed.

From Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers by Robinson, Solon

Early peas and large marrowfats are frequently sown broadcast on rich, clean land, near large cities, to produce green peas for market.

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.