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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

“Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.”

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garnet

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈɡɑː(ɹ).nət/Used In Literature ↓

A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.

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. garnetwolseley garnetgarnet sirgarnet highlandgarnet iron
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Related Words

pyropealmandineclinopyroxeneorthopyroxeneamphiboliteperidotitepyroxenitegranulite

Poetry examples for “garnet”

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VIII. Gaenet.byJames Merrill

122. Characteristics. — Beautiful, many-sided, dark-red crys-

tals of garnet occur imbedded in mica slates and other rocks.

They may be found in the region of the copper mines at Duck-

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