Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Also called
kern-baby and harvest-doll.
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Examples
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Demeter, goddess mighty and high, the harvest-queen, the giver of corn.
The Frogs 2000
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Demeter, goddess mighty and high, the harvest-queen, the giver of corn.
The Frogs 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Now, 'twas the very next day that the lads and lasses o 'the village did crown her harvest-queen, and all Bidford was out to see' t.
A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales Am��lie Rives 1904
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