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new-mown

[ noo-mohn, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. 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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Example Sentences

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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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