Example Sentences

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In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Yes, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer tucked in a bib and tucked into the haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties, cute Scottish names for turnips and potatoes, mashed and buttered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

The night is traditionally marked with a supper of haggis, accompanied by neeps and tatties - mashed turnips and potatoes.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

When she bought other, lesser-known vegetables at the supermarket — the book also features burdock, celery root, escarole, turnips and 18 more — the checkers wouldn’t know the codes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

“I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster