Meaning of broccolo | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of broccoli.

form-of, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Like⟳ a wild weed meanwhile that infant grows, / and like⟳ a broccolo he’s soon in bloom: / he’s sent to school,[…]”

““I believe⟳ I mustn’t start⟳ tealing yet awhile,” said the old man, regretfully plunging his long Cornish spade into the baked earth, from which insufficient stability the instrument fell with a thump on to the path. […] “I feel⟳ frightened, Mr. Champion,” said Jenny suddenly. […] “Supposing it wasn’t a person at all?” said Jenny desperately. “You know⟳, like⟳ us?” / The old man considered for a moment this morbid fancy. / “That’s a wisht old thought,” he said at last⟳, “and I don’t see⟳ no call⟳ for it at all. When I do teal a lily root, I don’t expect⟳ to see⟳ a broccolo come⟳ bursting up and annoying me.””

“CELERY. (Apium graveolens.) / A cross between a Broccolo and a Cabbage, but not now better for attention.[…]CHOU DE BURGHLEY. / A cross between a Broccolo and a Cabbage, but not now grown to any extent.”

“(Open⟳ Classes.) / Judge⟳: Mr L. Page. /[…]Two broccoli. One entry—G. H. Bayles 1.[…] / One broccolo. One entry—Ivan Boyes 1.”

““Filler” item in a daily newspaper: “The singular of broccoli is broccolo.” / In other words: / Customer: “I’ll have⟳ a dish of broccoli, please⟳.” / Waiter: “I’m veddy soddy, sir, but we don’t have⟳ a single broccolo in the place⟳ today.” / And that ends our little lesson on the etiquette of grammar for today. You may go now, children—and never forget⟳, we always eat⟳ every last⟳ broccolo on our plate.””

“The idea of enticing women aboard with the promise⟳ of a banana burgeoned like⟳ a blooming broccolo.”

“Technically, there is no such thing as one zucchini. We rarely refer⟳ to one spaghetto or one broccolo, because it’s not considered good form⟳ to serve⟳ just one. But there are a lot of broccoli - a whole bunch, in fact, - on a single stem, whereas there is only one zucchino.”

“If you only ate one branch of the broccoli on your plate, you ate a broccolo.”

“Some always suffer⟳ a bad hair day while others eat⟳ a broccolo”

“> >> Or "I didn't use⟳ much to like⟳ broccoli." / > >I didn't use⟳ to lie⟳ broccoli much. / > It is best to be honest with broccoli. They see⟳ right through a lie⟳. / You can fool one broccolo all of the time; you can fool all broccoli some of the time; but you can't fool all broccoli all of the time.”

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