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Definition of nosegay noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nosegay

noun

/ˈnəʊzɡeɪ/

/ˈnəʊzɡeɪ/

(old-fashioned)

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a small bunch of flowers
Word Originlate Middle English: from nose + gay in the obsolete sense ‘ornament’.

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