kissing-bunch

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English

Noun

kissing-bunch (plural kissing-bunches)

  1. A bundle of evergreen leaves or branches, typically with berries, hung up at Christmas-time, under which people may kiss.
    • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 104:
      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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