Kissing-bunch

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  1. 1
    A bundle of evergreen leaves or branches, typically with berries, hung up at Christmas-time, under which people may kiss.

    "The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen."

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"The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen."

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