turnip
Example Sentences
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In the 19th century, children gobbled chiles and mutton and turnips and jellied pig’s brain.
They hurried out of the van and approached a tall gate made of thick wood, with large turnips hanging from the corners.
From Literature
The winner takes home a turnip impaled on a rusty six inch nail in a block of wood as a trophy and a blue plaque.
From BBC
The tulip bulbs had been homely as turnips when planted, but a winter spent underground had worked its magic.
From Literature
“These are nothing more than knobby, ugly, dirty turnips. I asked for beautiful and frightfully expensive tulips.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
