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- noun Plural form of
boxberry .
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Examples
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In the other hand, he held out to me a basket of large, selected boxberries.
Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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I bore with me my bouquet, my basket of boxberries, some small cedar trees for transplanting, and half of the largest clam-shell the shores of Cape Cod had ever produced; this last a parting gift from
Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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The children gathered the summer berries in season, and the autumn's plentiful and spicy store of boxberries, checkerberries, teaberries or gingerbread berries with
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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On the grassy bank, with the water running at her feet, she sat down and prepared for dinner; which consisted of bread and cheese, and boxberries.
Margaret 1851
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"'O, he don't bring me nigh boxberries enough,' says Elinor, laughing.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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