Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In billiards, playing the spot-stroke: so called because it engages the red ball only.
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- noun The act of gathering
raspberries . - verb Present participle of
raspberry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne.
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Hence the most acceptable work for me was to be sent strawberrying or raspberrying by Mother; but the real fun was to go fishing up Montgomery Hollow, or over on Rose's Brook, this necessitating a long tramp, and begetting a hunger in a few hours that made a piece of rye bread the most delectable thing in the world; yet a pure delight that never sated.
Our Friend John Burroughs Barrus, Clara, 1864-1931 1914
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"Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne.
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Catherine Edwards had come over to go raspberrying, and Theodora, Ellen and Wealthy set off with her after school for the south field.
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"Why, it would be very convenient," said Rollo, "in America, when I went a-raspberrying.
Rollo in Switzerland Jacob Abbott 1841
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