Meaning of cherry-tree | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of cherry tree.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“I look⟳ up, and discern him perched in a cherry-tree, chanting loud in the innocent lightness of his spirits, and greeting me with a débonnaire ‘Bonjour, mademoiselle.’”

“The village wakens to the bliss, / The crones and gaffers crawl to see⟳ / The country game of step and kiss / Beneath the laden cherry-tree.”

“Little Gluck nodded seriously, and, sitting down cross-legged under the big cherry-tree, fell to contemplation of the world in general; and Uncle Peter's eyes twinkled comically through the wreaths of smoke⟳. "Well, sonling, what troubles thee?”

“And sure enough, if you follow⟳ his directions exactly, you will be there—right in the middle of Cherry-Tree Lane, where the houses run⟳ down one side and the Park⟳ runs down the other and the cherry-trees go dancing right down the middle.”

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