Garnished
[gɑ:nɪʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Garnish
Editor: Maggie
Examples
- Yet the father must be garnished and tricked out, said the old lady, because of his deportment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was likewise furnished with a felt hat well garnished with turnpike tickets; and a carter's whip. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When the house has been swept and garnished, they dress up the exiled vices, and, crowning them with garlands, bring them back under new names. Plato. The Republic.
- If there was also a plate of thin slices of pink ham garnished with green parsley, so much the better. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rows of doors, garnished with boots of every shape, make, and size, branched off in every possible direction. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On his head, he wore a broad-brimmed sugar-loaf hat, garnished with a single feather. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He saluted Rowena by doffing his velvet bonnet, garnished with a golden broach, representing St Michael trampling down the Prince of Evil. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Maggie