wicker-work
Example Sentences
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The same objection lies against hampers, with the additional one of the wicker-work admitting the cold in variable weather, during winter or early spring sittings.
From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh
But after a while one of the said worthies, opening a little of the wicker-work door, bent his ear to the aperture, and appeared to be listening intently.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
A small carriage of green wicker-work, with great wheels as high as the body of the vehicle, passed before the windows, and stopped at the door.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
Sciath, sī′ath, n. an oblong shield of wicker-work formerly used in Ireland.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It was an elderly woman, richly dressed, with a wicker-work picnic basket in her hand.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan
