furzebush

A shock of red hair he has sticking out of him behind like a furzebush!

Ulysses 2003

A shock of red hair he has sticking out of him behind like a furzebush!

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

People said -- the postman and a wagoner had seen the business, raconteurs born, so that the tale had perhaps lost nothing -- that he had positively roared as he came leaping down into the lane upon the man, a stout and thick-set fellow, taken him up like a baby, popped him into a furzebush, and held him there.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

People said -- the postman and a wagoner had seen the business, raconteurs born, so that the tale had perhaps lost nothing -- that he had positively roared as he came leaping down into the lane upon the man, a stout and thick-set fellow, taken him up like a baby, popped him into a furzebush, and held him there.

The Freelands John Galsworthy 1900

After all, who would know by the light of Nature how to go about sweeping a chimney, as they used to do it here, with rope and furzebush dragged down? or how to scour out a watertank effectively? or where to begin upon cleaning a pigstye?

Change in the Village George Sturt 1895

'Creeping Thistle,' in Sowerby; why, I cannot conceive, for there is no more creeping in it than in a furzebush.

Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859

Sir Philip instantly quitted the furzebush he was searching, and received the treasure from the hands of his friend.

The Enchantress; or, Where Shall I Find Her? A Tale 1801

They flare up like a furzebush in the flames, but if for a short space you may abide the heat of it, then there is a chance that it may be cooler. "

Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

"'Please, your majesty,' began Queen May shyly; but the king only looked round for a moment, and ran on, then tumbled over a furzebush, so that his crown rolled far away, and the butterfly escaped, while he lay there kicking.

The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902

They flare up like a furzebush in the flames, but if for a short space you may abide the heat of it, then there is a chance that it may be cooler. "

Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894