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posies in British English

plural noun
posy
 

posy in British English

(ˈpəʊzɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -sies
1. 
a small bunch of flowers or a single flower; nosegay
2.  archaic
a brief motto or inscription, esp one on a trinket or a ring
Word origin
C16: variant of poesy

Examples of 'posies' in a sentence
posies

Roses, posies, cut grass, pine forests waft their fragrances through the air in sequence.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Simple posies and fairings gave way to the language of flowers and jewels.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Breakfast tables have white cloths and wild-flower posies.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Fresh flower posies decorated the tables in the hotel marriage suite.
The Sun (2017)
It's a call to all poets, telling them: put down your posies and pick up your picks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Here are the sunlit landscapes and the inoffensive still lives; here are the pet cats and the brightly coloured posies.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
You can grow them on a peastick wigwam, but you'll end up with little posies of poor-qualityflowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These can grow away nicely while you point your scissors threateningly at your hellebores for posies in early spring.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
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