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sprig 1. a shoot, twig, or sprout of a tree, shrub, etc.; spray 2. an ornamental device resembling a spray of leaves or flowers sprig [sprig] (design engineering) A small brad having no head. (engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I gave him the button; whereupon he strung it on a strip of his great-coat which he had used to bind the cross; and tying in a little sprig of birch and another of fir, he looked upon his work with satisfaction. As a little sprig of lavender will perfume a queen's wardrobe, so will a short year of love keep sweet a long life. She had often thought, though with a feeling of renunciation, that the perfection of a wedding-dress would be a white cotton, with the tiniest pink sprig at wide intervals; so that when Mrs. |
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