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laurels
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n. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery" [syn: award , accolade , honor , honour ] the state of being honored [syn: honor , honour ] [ant: dishonor ] (antiquity) wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem ...
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This page is about the British Greyhound Race. For the Australian Psychedelia Band, see The Laurels (band) . The Laurels is an original classic greyhound competition held at Belle Vue Stadium . It was run at Wimbledon Stadium from 1930 until 1997. It moved ...
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n. 1 (plural of laurel English) 2 honor. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.
Usage examples of laurels.
Sertorius wreathed in laurels and with Rome in Italy beneath its foot!
On one side of the house stood the stable, on the other an alley or cloister of laurels led to the larger garden behind.
The young lady, having scattered bread for the birds (for the fourth or fifth time that day, because the dog ate it), passed unobutrusively down the lane of laurels and into a glimmering plantation of evergreens behind.
The green gaiety of the waving laurels, the rich purple indigo of the night, the moon like a monstrous crystal, make an almost irresponsible romantic picture.
As Brunelleschi stamped around in his winner’s garland of laurels (what else?
I went shakily over to the laurels on the opposite side of the clearing from where Giuseppe-Peter had appeared, and edged slowly, cautiously, between two of the glossy green bushes.
There were a good many laurels here among a whole bunch of younger trees and we could get no distant view, but approximately fifty paces from the clearing we caught a glimpse of a light.