Meaning of tinker tailor grass | Babel Free

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.”

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