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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pimpernel .
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The water-pimpernel may now be seen, by any sympathetic eye, blowing delicately along the track, in the breeze of the passing cabs, and elastically lifting itself from the rush of the cars.
Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878
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The water-pimpernel may now be seen, by any sympathetic eye, blowing delicately along the track, in the breeze of the passing cabs, and elastically lifting itself from the rush of the cars.
Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878
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