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woodbine

noun

Etymology

From Middle English wodebynd, wodebynde, from Old English wudubind, wudubinde (“woodbine”), equivalent to wood + bine.

  1. inherited from wudubind
  2. inherited from wodebynd

Definitions

  1. Any of several climbing vines, especially the honeysuckle and the Virginia creeper.

    • URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait: So angle we for Beatrice; who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
    • Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.

  2. A British brand of unfiltered cigarette, now made in Ireland.

  3. A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A small city, the county seat of Camden County, Georgia, United States.

    2. A cigarette of this brand.

      • Dot handed me a small white tablet of Beechnut chewing gum as we sat on the top deck of the bus on our way home from work one Friday evening. She had also offered me one of her Woodbines.

    3. A British soldier.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA