Turves
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of turf (“piece of sod”) form-of, plural
""It's an old custom the people had when they bought and sold land. They used to cut out a clod and hand it over to the buyer, and you weren't lawfully seised of your land - it didn't really belong to you - till the other fellow had actually given you a piece of it - like this." He held out the turves."
Proper Noun
- 1 A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3396).
Example
More examples""It's an old custom the people had when they bought and sold land. They used to cut out a clod and hand it over to the buyer, and you weren't lawfully seised of your land - it didn't really belong to you - till the other fellow had actually given you a piece of it - like this." He held out the turves."
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