Sentence examples for tussie-mussie from inspiring English sources

Nosegay, also called tussie-mussie, or posey, small, hand-held bouquet popular in mid - 19th-centuryVictorian England as an accessory carried by fashionable ladies.

(Pheasants feed on fritillaries. It is good to dissolve an aspirin in a vase of cut flowers. A "tussie-mussie" means a tiny bouquet).

At this point, decide whether you'd like to add another layer of herbs to build up the tussie mussie.

When picking them, ensure that you keep a little stem on each one to help keep its place in the tussie mussie.

This completes the tussie mussie, although it's a good idea to trim the stems to ensure that the base is even.

"Did anyone ever really send tussie-mussies?" I asked Bill.

it consists of 17 raised beds of herbs, arranged by theme as follows: Ornamental Herbs; Herbs of the Ancients; Herbs in Literature; Bee Herbs; Salads and Potherbs; Edible flowers; Herbs of the Native Americans; Medicinal Herbs; Culinary Herbs; Economic Herbs; Dye Herbs; Tea Herbs; Fragrant Herbs; Sacred Herbs; Scented Geraniums; Savory Seed Herbs; and Tussie-Mussies and Nosegays.

Tussie mussies can also be made using fabric with dried herbs.

"Abba Mussie is a good man," he said.

GELLIS--Minnie (Mussie), died at age 99 on August 21 , 2009

It belonged to a Catholic priest, Abba Mussie Zerai — Father Moses.