sprigged; sprigging
1
: to drive sprigs or brads into
2
: to mark or adorn with the representation of plant sprigs
3
: to propagate (a grass) by means of stolons or small divisions
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Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Here’s the description: The Superstitious Man is the kind who washes his hands in three springs, sprinkles himself with water from a temple font, puts a laurel sprig in his mouth, and then is ready for the day’s perambulations.
—Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
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Noun
Drop the smoking rosemary sprig into the drink and serve.
—Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Here’s the description: The Superstitious Man is the kind who washes his hands in three springs, sprinkles himself with water from a temple font, puts a laurel sprig in his mouth, and then is ready for the day’s perambulations.
—Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
YanYan’s ivory wool twinsets, sprigged with microflorals, are a direct nod to the classic maa maa’s uniform.
—Vogue, 14 Mar. 2019
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“Sprig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprig. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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