Dictionary Entry
A delicacy (in taste).
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Poetry examples for “dainty”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →George — the foot of Pharaoh — the body of me — as I
am a gentleman — and a soldier ; such dainty oaths !
and withal, he does take this same filthy roguish to-
Read full poem →The dormouse squats and eats
Choice little dainty bits
Beneath the spreading roots of a broad lime;
Read full poem →Lovely dainty Spanish needle
With your yellow flower and white,
Read full poem →Thorough the Palace portals, and behold
The dainty and unsating Marriage-Feast.
O, hear
Read full poem →I hoped she’d lose it; for my love
Was grown so dainty, high, and nice,
It prized no luxury above
Read full poem →Last night the delicate crests of saffron bloom,
For that their dainty likeness watch'd and nurst,
Were just at point to burst.
Read full poem →Last night the delicate crests of saffron bloom,
For this their dainty likeness watch'd and nurst,
Were just at point to burst.
