Limes
[laɪm]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of eating limes, foretells continued sickness and adverse straits.
Typed by Levi
Examples
- Bring with you the limes you have in your desk, was the unexpected command which arrested her before she got out of her seat. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It's perfectly maddening to think of those lovely limes, sighed Amy, with the air of a martyr. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In the same parcel came some green sugar-cane, fresh tamarinds taken direct from the tree, fresh limes, and the juices of two different fruits. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Are limes the fashion now? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The sun had lately pierced the gray, and the avenue of limes cast shadows. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But the forge was a very short distance off, and I went towards it under the sweet green limes, listening for the clink of Joe's hammer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Now Mr. Davis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the law. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Don't you like limes? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Amy rose to comply with outward composure, but a secret fear oppressed her, for the limes weighed upon her conscience. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typed by Levi