Look up: Nosegay


  1. Nosegay
    A nosegay, tussie-mussie, or posy/posey/posie is a small flower bouquet, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least medieval times, when they were carried or worn around the head or bodice. The term nosegay arose in fifteenth-century Middle English as a combination of ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosegay

  2. Nosegay
    Nose'gay` noun [ Nose + gay in the sense of a gay or showy thing.] A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. Pope.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/35

  3. Nosegay
    • (n.) A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy. • (n.) A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/nosegay/

  4. nosegay
    small, hand-held bouquet popular in mid- 19th-century Victorian England as an accessory carried by fashionable ladies. Composed of mixed flowers and ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/57

  5. nosegay
    small bouquet of flowers
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html

  6. nosegay
    1) Batch of flowers 2) Bouquet 3) Bouquet of flowers 4) Corsage 5) Flower arrangement 6) Posy 7) Small bunch of flowers
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/nosegay/1

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