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Example sentences for: slipper

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A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .
Or an archaeologist in the Yucatan who flies her own plane and owns a supper club called The Fuzzy Slipper."
Another group of metaphors excluded is the names of natural species such as footman and emperor moths, lady's slipper, shepherd's purse, porpoise, etc.
After visiting centrally located Charlottetown, you can take three well-marked scenic drives around the island: Blue Heron in the center, Lady Slipper to the west, and Kings Byway to the east, corresponding roughly to the three counties, Queens, Prince, and Kings.
Lady Slipper Drive