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potpourri as in: a potpourri packet in the drawer
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She made potpourri for her friends at Christmas.
potpourri = mixed flower petals and spices appreciated for their scent
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She makes her own potpourri.
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Our house hasn't lost its Nana-ness though, with its permanent odor of potpourri, flowered wallpaper, and hints of pink in almost every room. (source)potpourri = mixed flower petals and spices
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The foyer still smelled like Dove soap and potpourri— just as it had when the DiLaurentises lived here. (source)potpourri = mixed flower petals and spices appreciated for their scent
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The air smelled of potpourri. (source)potpourri = mixed flower petals and spices appreciated for their scent
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Your Potpourris and Miroshkas are people without a conscience.† (source)
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Three baby-food jars of potpourri don't make a dent in the stink. (source)
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Lying very still under the eiderdown, I breathed the dark air of dried-out potpourri and burnt fireplace wood and—very faint—the evergreen tang of turpentine, resin, and varnish.† (source)
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I explored my sitting room which had a writing desk and a good lamp, and was impressed by the vastness of the bathroom with its potpourri and stacks of towels on a heated rack.† (source)
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It smelled like Irish Spring and a little bit like potpourri and like something she couldn't describe any way other than boy.† (source)
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Gran had booked us in a really frilly inn, and it was funny to see Gramps in his work boots and plaid flannel amid all the lacy doilies and potpourri.† (source)
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My house was all lit up to my right, and I knew that inside it smelled like potpourri, all those dolls arranged in their intimate groups.† (source)
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A bag of handmade potpourri.† (source)
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"With a hint of potpourri," he said.† (source)
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potpourri as in: a potpourri of programs to...
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Her playlist includes a potpourri of jazz and classical music.
potpourri = unusual mixture
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They recommend a potpourri of new taxes to raise more money.potpourri = mixture
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But a cocktail is not meant to be a mélange. It is not a potpourri or an Easter parade. At its best, a cocktail should be crisp, elegant, sincere—and limited to two ingredients. (source)potpourri = a mixture of many different things
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You wanted to know ‘everything that could be dug up’ about him, but gave no indication of whether there were anything in particular you were looking for. For this reason it's something of a potpourri of his life. (source)potpourri = mixture of different aspects
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I gentle the big quilt from its place of honor on the living room couch, shake it onto the floor beneath the big picture windows, marveling for about the thousandth time at the patience Mom must have had to patch the pieces all together. Then I go get Hunter, lay him in the center of the colorful fabric potpourri, lie down next to him, and marvel for about the millionth time at how stunningly handsome he is.
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potpourri = mixture of fabrics
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