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Definition of Hassocks
1. hassock [n] - See also: hassock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hassocks
| hasped hasping hasps hast hasta hasta la vista hastas hastate hastate leaf hastated | hastately haste haste makes waste hasted hasteful hastely |
Literary usage of Hassocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1908)
"Mrs. hassocks, however, was too experienced a life-traveller to be easily deceived.
... Mrs. hassocks saw it at once, but pretended that she hadn't. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Hassock, or hassocks. A name sometimes assigned (as in With, ed. vii. ... HaL Wr.
Prior, p. 103. hassocks, Boll. See Bull hassocks. Hastie Roger. ..."
3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"It forms dense tufts in pastures very disagreeable to the sight, which are termed
hassocks, bull's faces, <fcc., by farmers. It is a most difficult plant to ..."
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