Thesaurus / mares nest

mares nest

synonyms for mares nest

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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

Almost as soon as she had finished building her nest she had discovered a strange-looking egg there.

The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.

And away she flew to her nest, leaving Grandfather Mole to talk to the air, if he wished.

Weimar being such a "kleines Nest (little nest)," as Liszt calls it, every stranger is immediately remarked.

There is a certain kind of bird that makes its nest high up on the sides of steep cliffs jutting out over the waters of the ocean.

I am certain this bird had a nest there, though the place was too inaccessible to be examined closely.

From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.

I visited this nest several times, and saw the old bird feeding her young.

"Here's his nest," said Jess sleepily, taking her head out of the deep round hole she had made.

THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985