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Examples
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Climbing wildrose entwined the stone column marking the Border.
The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990
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They shall lead her wildrose feet all the fairy paces
The Drift of Pinions Marjorie Lowry Christie 1913
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At one time the northern town she lived in was threatened by the Germans, and Mrs. Vail of Boston (whose daughter is so prominent at the American Fund for French Wounded headquarters in Paris), being on the spot and knowing how much there would be left of the wildrose innocence that bloomed visibly on Alice's plump cheeks, whisked her off to London.
The Living Present Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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Along the plains near the junction, are to be found the prickly pear in great quantities; the chokecherry is also very abundant in the river low grounds, as well as the ravines along the river bluffs; the yellow and red currants are not yet ripe; the gooseberry is beginning to ripen, and the wildrose which now covers all the low grounds near the rivers is in full bloom.
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One wildrose alliance MLA coming in the next election.
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One wildrose alliance MLA coming in the next election.
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One wildrose alliance MLA coming in the next election.
Comments for Jack's Newswatch pretty boots 2009
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a rattle and wildrose cheeks for poor Piccolina Petite MacFarlane;
Finnegans Wake 2006
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She had inherited her mother’s ripe-corn fairness and limpid, lash-swept eyes; but the wildrose complexion of the English-born woman had here been damped to palest cream, in which, as a striking contrast, stood out two lovely lips of a vivid carnation-red — a daring touch on the part of nature that already drew men’s eyes as she passed.
The Way Home 2003
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