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new-mown
[ noo-mohn, nyoo- ]
adjective
- recently mown or cut:
the refreshing smell of new-mown hay.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of new-mown1
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
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Even when the grass is new-mown, we are up to our eyes in it.
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When I smelled new-mown grass again for the first time, I cried.
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The grass had been new-mown, it smelt sweet and rich, like summer.
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The vastness of the night beyond the house, the dark trees, the welcoming shadows, the cool new-mown grass—all this had been reserved, he had designated it as belonging exclusively to himself and Cecilia.
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He walked past the towering pine trees on the quad, breathed in the smell of the new-mown grass and looked up in fascination at the ivy-covered walls of Old Main.
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