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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having sprigs.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sprig .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective decorated with designs of sprigs
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Examples
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So a chair was placed in front of the green cupboard, and with precision in every movement the "sprigged" dishes were gotten down.
The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher
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Cicely, for all her thirteen years, looked very small, sitting there at the end of the long table, in her "sprigged" high-waisted gown, her feet in their strapped slippers perched on the rung of the high office stool.
The Windy Hill Cornelia Meigs 1928
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Cicely, for all her thirteen years, looked very small, sitting there at the end of the long table, in her "sprigged" high-waisted gown, her feet in their strapped slippers perched on the rung of the high office stool.
The Windy Hill 1922
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Men and women lounged everywhere, on everything: faded sprigged sofas and peeling painted chaise longues, spindly ladder-back chairs, stained window-seats, even on the rough plank trestle tables themselves.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Men and women lounged everywhere, on everything: faded sprigged sofas and peeling painted chaise longues, spindly ladder-back chairs, stained window-seats, even on the rough plank trestle tables themselves.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Ladies were warned in their golf books from donning “mannish” attire as ties, bloomers and caps, but the majority conformed to notions of femininity and went out to play in heavy tweed skirts, straw boaters and thick, sprigged boots.
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They found several things which could pass for sprigged muslin in the “fancy cotton” category.
Choosing the dress and materials maryrobinette 2010
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After much discussion with V.B., my modiste, we decided that I would order this dress in a cream sprigged muslin.
Choosing the dress and materials maryrobinette 2010
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While there, I posed the sprigged linen conundrum.
Choosing the dress and materials maryrobinette 2010
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After looking at several options, we have settled upon a simple cream sprigged muslin gown with a spencer jacket.
Shades of Milk and Honey ARC giveaway on Library Thing maryrobinette 2010
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