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NOSEGAY
The meang of NOSEGAY is a small bunch of flowers : posy. Did you know? * small nose gay *
Nosegay is a homegrown word—that is, origated English.
MAKE YOUR OWN NOSEGAY
Make Your Own Nosegay: You Don’t Have To Be A Florist To Make A Nosegay * small nose gay *
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.