jimpson

She ... looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden ... she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight ...

languagehat.com: THE MOST UNTRANSLATABLE WORD. 2004

Beyond that end of our establishment which was furthest from the street, was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villainous "jimpson" weed and its common friend the stately sunflower.

A Tramp Abroad 1879

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and "jimpson" weeds that constituted the garden.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876

Beyond that end of our establishment which was farthest from the street was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villanous "jimpson" weed and its common friend the stately sunflower.

Editorial Wild Oats Mark Twain 1872

Beyond that end of our establishment which was furthest from the street, was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villainous "jimpson" weed and its common friend the stately sunflower.

A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 Mark Twain 1872

She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and “jimpson” weeds that constituted the garden.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2003

The injured member appeared to be swollen and was covered with several layers of the jimpson weed leaves.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Take of lard, 6 lbs., put into a ten gallon kettle; add 2 gallons of water; cut jimpson seeds and fill them in, and cook from 4 to 6 hours slowly, till all the water is gone; then put into jars, and add to each pound of ointment one ounce of turpentine.

Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young

Her jimpson-weed salve and peach perserves was th 'best he ever see, pa says.

The Fotygraft Album Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven Frank Wing

She say: 'Honey, in de morning when you git up, you git you some jimpson weed and put it wid cookin' salt and bind it on your head. '

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration