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Sloe   /sloʊ/   Listen
Sloe

noun
1.
Wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh.  Synonyms: Alleghany plum, Allegheny plum, Prunus alleghaniensis.
2.
A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits.  Synonyms: blackthorn, Prunus spinosa.
3.
Small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush.



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"Sloe" Quotes from Famous Books



... quaintly, with an interrogative lift of his eyebrows, at the bed to the left. Jerry of the twinkling sloe-eyes answered with a quick upturn of the thumb in the direction ...
— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett
... old garment of satin upon her, which had once been rich, but was now frayed and tattered; and fairer was her skin than the bloom of the rose, and her hair and eyebrows were like the sloe for blackness, and on her cheeks was the redness of poppies. Her eyes were like deep pools in a dark wood. And he thought that, though she was very beautiful, there was great arrogance in her look and cruelty in ...
— King Arthur's Knights - The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls • Henry Gilbert
... own lunch And frugally munch Your sandwich and cake For economy's sake; If you strictly abstain From sloe-gin and champagne, Never touching a drop Save perhaps ginger-pop; If you're clever enough To keep out of the rough, If you don't slice or hook Into pond, dyke or brook Your new three-shilling ball, And, best saving of all, If you carry your clubs, You can pay heavy "subs.," Fees for entrance and ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, December 15, 1920 • Various
... the province of Munster, the kingdom of Kerry, the town of Ballyfuchsia, and the house of Mrs. Mullarkey. Knockarney House is not her name for it; I made it myself. Killarney is church of the sloe-trees; and as kill is church, the 'onderhanded manin'' of 'arney' must be something about sloes; then, since knock means hill, Knockarney should be ...
— Penelope's Irish Experiences • Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Sloe" :   genus Prunus, bush, blackthorn, wild plum tree, Prunus, wild plum, Prunus alleghaniensis, shrub, plum


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