pussy
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One of them was very demure and mindful - think soft pastels, pussy bow blouses and pleats - as demonstrated by Chanel and Balenciaga.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
“As women have found their voice politically, they have begun to express themselves sartorially,” Friedman wrote in 2017, “be it through white pantsuits, so-called pussy hats or the modest fashion movement.”
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2024
A grapevine, manzanita or eucalyptus wreath makes a year-round framework for temporal additions like holly sprigs in December, followed by forsythia or pussy willows in March.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Since the anniversary fell on Palm Sunday, they also carried pussy willows and other tree branches, which is a Roman Catholic tradition on the Sunday before Easter.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
There were rows of pictures still pinned to the walls, birds and pussy willows and tulips that the children had colored in the spring.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Edward L. H., and some other young readers in the far South inquire what are the willow "pussies" which Northern children gathered with so much glee in the earliest days of spring.
From Harper's Young People, April 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
The pleasantest room in the house was set apart for Beth, and in it was gathered everything that she most loved, flowers, pictures, her piano, the little worktable, and the beloved pussies.
From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Beth had old-fashioned, fragrant flowers in her garden,—sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the bird, and catnip for the pussies.
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
The pleasantest room in the house was set apart for Beth, and in it was gathered everything that she most loved,—flowers, pictures, her piano, the little work-table, and the beloved pussies.
From Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
On the 23d of March I picked some willow "pussies."
From Harper's Young People, May 4, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
