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- noun Plural form of
bulrush .
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Examples
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Plaiting coarse straw or bulrushes is an employment that can be followed both by old people and young children; and you will find covers made of straw plaited into bands, and then sown together, of great service in protecting your half-hardy plants during frosty weather.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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Just as the baby Moses was set adrift in a small craft of bulrushes on the Nile, Superman was rocketed to Earth in a capsule moments before his world exploded.
Shahid Mahmood: Muslim Superheroes And The House Radicalization Hearings Shahid Mahmood 2011
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The pond at St Peter's Church in Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, is surrounded by clumps of bulrushes and thick oak trees that give it a timeless English appeal.
Fears of British super-drought after record low rainfall in winter 2012
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Next, the huge vase with dried bulrushes and lace doily protector were repositioned.
Family life 2012
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Even as I sit here at my desk, I bet there is a reporter in the kitchen at Noma, her notebook full of such thrilling curiosities as bulrushes, buckthorn and radishes in edible soil.
The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season at el Bulli by Lisa Abend – review 2011
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Just as the baby Moses was set adrift in a small craft of bulrushes on the Nile, Superman was rocketed to Earth in a capsule moments before his world exploded.
Shahid Mahmood: Muslim Superheroes And The House Radicalization Hearings Shahid Mahmood 2011
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Normally this would be a signal for Hansard reporters to send for bulrushes to make into parchment in order to imperishably record every word.
David Cameron – not just walking on eggshells but dancing on drawing pins 2011
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In other words, we Catholics do not throw the baby of the bulrushes out with the baptismal water.
Michele Somerville: Many Are 'Chosen People' -- And a Few Even Know What It Means 2010
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The shoreline has beautiful marsh foliage of bulrushes, driftwood, and wild flowers.
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The shoreline has beautiful marsh foliage of bulrushes, driftwood, and wild flowers.
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