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Meaning of tinker tailor grass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).

countable, regional, uncountable

Examples

“At Fifty-six Eden Street the parched front lawn was scattered with dry cocksfoot seeds and faded tinker-tailor grass.”
“I'd make⟳ a daisy chain for the fairies or play⟳ with the tinker tailor grass, or just dream⟳ the time away.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Tinker to Evers to Chance tinker, tailor tinker's curse tinker's cuss tinker's dam tinker's damn

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