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NOSEGAY
The meang of NOSEGAY is a small bunch of flowers : posy. Did you know? * gay nose *
Nosegay is a homegrown word—that is, origated English.
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Rearchers and LGBT groups clash over facial regnn tech that supposedly spots gay people. * gay nose *
15th-century Middle English speakers joed nose (which meant then what do today) wh gay (which, at the time, meant "ornament"). That mak nosegay an appropriate term for a bunch of flowers, which is ed an ornament that appeals to the nose.
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Today, the word nosegay is pecially mon the bridal bs, where ually refers to a specific type of bouquet: a round, tight bunch of flowers as opposed to a sdg bouquet or other type of arrangement. For example, a pact llectn of enjoyably lighthearted short stori might be lled "a nosegay of a book.
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Make Your Own Nosegay: You Don’t Have To Be A Florist To Make A Nosegay * gay nose *
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