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The way was open into the next field -- a turnip field -- and there amidst the crisp breaking turnip-tops, with the breath of his enemies hot upon him, with their sharp teeth at his entrails, biting at them impotently in the agonies of his death struggle, poor Reynard finished his career.
Can You Forgive Her? 1993
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Scotch kail, turnip-tops, &c., & c. _, can be prepared this way.
Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes
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What with carrots in the morning and turnip-tops for tea,
Christmas Roses Lizzie Lawson
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Swinging along at a good pace the turnip-tops whipped my boots and made quite a noise.
'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Gerald Featherstone Knight
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Of turnip-tops and lucerne greens I've had enough to eat,
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Thus differing from some of the inhabitants of Golders Green, who are vegetarians and live on turnip-tops.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Various
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Tuesday morning saw Lord Peter and a man in a velveteen jacket swishing merrily through seven acres of turnip-tops, streaked yellow with early frosts.
Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh 1923
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Tuesday morning saw Lord Peter and a man in a velveteen jacket swishing merrily through seven acres of turnip-tops, streaked yellow with early frosts.
Whose Body Sayers, Dorothy L. 1923
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The turnip-tops I put in the bottom of the dish, then laid on the potatoes, covering with water and adding salt.
Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany Nellie L. McClung 1918
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On this stove I made some very acceptable mulligan out of young turnip-tops
Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany Nellie L. McClung 1918
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