Blackberrying

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The gathering of blackberries. uncountable

    "And the thought of that old time came upon me like a flood — the winter games at the Cedars — the blackberrying and bilberrying upon the sunshiny summer moors […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blackberry form-of, gerund, participle, present
  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of BlackBerry form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"And the thought of that old time came upon me like a flood — the winter games at the Cedars — the blackberrying and bilberrying upon the sunshiny summer moors […]"

Etymology

From blackberry + -ing.

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