morning-glory


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morning-glory

any of various mainly tropical convolvulaceous plants of the genus Ipomoea and related genera, with trumpet-shaped blue, pink, or white flowers, which close in late afternoon
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Fortunately, he said, in 14 years he has only seen a handful of morning-glory robberies.
"If people pay attention to the opening and closing procedures most financial institutions promote, that will really lessen the chances of a morning-glory or closing robbery," Lekan said.
Opening- and closing-time robberies can be especially devastating
Discussing "morning-glory", Kenzie said: "In here it's the worst thing to happen to you - especially when you have one minute to get out of bed." Bez added: "They said, 'What's going to bother you the most?' I said, 'My morning glory because I have one every morning'."
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