cockleburr

I think that he served a purpose, he made a cockleburr every once in awhile and he certainly was one.

Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1975

Not to mention the somewhat operatic Flamingo, or that total wonder of composition, the Carolina Parrots, in a spray of cockleburr: brown sticks, sea-green feathers and heads with the plastic value of seven little nectarines.

Audubon: The Last Days of Nature Clark, Eleanor 1964

"My name is Pinkney Dawson," said the cornerer of the cockleburr market.

Cabbages and Kings 1904

"My name is Pinkney Dawson," said the cornerer of the cockleburr market.

Cabbages and Kings O. Henry 1886

If you are not a nerd or a dork, just skip straight to the picture of the cockleburr below and read from there.

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