Yet, let me not reproach myself, since the blame is due to her lightness of heart, her fickle fancy—no stabler than gossamer or thistledown—which the first wanton breath wafts elsewhere.
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Thistledown
Synonyms for "thistledown" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- vil·là noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Czech
1 entries- chmýří noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Irish
1 entries- canach feochadáin noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Disteljedaun noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fras cluarain noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Spanish
2 entries- vilano noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
- vilano de cardo noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
Welsh
1 entries- gwlân ysgall noun (pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle)
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