watercresses

A legless man hawks nutmeg graters, a blind man lives by selling bootlaces, and an 8-year-old peddles watercresses.

Sociology most Dickensian Michael Dirda 2011

For example, according to the study, when someone was eating a “watercress”, the trranslator decided to change it to something more familiar “cheese”, since watercresses are not a common food in Spain.

Translating Children’s Stories 2010

Having dealt out these admonitions, the ladies fell to a more powerful assault than they had yet made upon the mixed tea, new bread, fresh butter, shrimps, and watercresses, and said that their vexation was so great to see her going on like that, that they could hardly bring themselves to eat a single morsel.

The Old Curiosity Shop 2007

Loch — the ugly stane bulk, from the foot of which flows the spring into the dyke where the watercresses grow?

Lavengro 2004

Then bacon and eggs, grilled steak, fresh bread and butter, coffee and tea, watercresses.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

Upon questioning the man as to how it was likely that the insect got into his stomach, he stated that he was exceedingly fond of watercresses, and often gathered and eat them, and, possibly, without taking due care, in freeing them from any aquatic insects they might hold.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 Various

But if the Hammersmith Cabman had just grounds for belief that the man was "selling watercresses with fatal results," he should rather be commended than committed for trial.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892 Various

I have found out by exhaustive inquiries from one of the waitresses that, though you may substitute rolls and butter for bread and margarine, and may have marmalade with either or both, and though it is optional to eat even the cakes with yellow sugar upon them, there is no way of evading the watercresses.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 Various

But one day, in the harvest time, his lordship chanced to meet Spare gathering watercresses at a meadow stream, and fell into talk with the cobbler.

Granny's Wonderful Chair Frances Browne

"It is eaten," says Gerard, "in salads, as watercresses are, and is good against that _malum_ of such as dwell near the German seas, which we term the scurvie, or skirby, being used after the same manner that watercress and scurvy-grass is used, yet is it not of so great operation and virtue."

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie