posies in English

noun
1
a small bunch of flowers.
Both children received a special cup, as well as a posy of flowers for the princess and a buttonhole for the prince.
synonyms:bouquetbunch (of flowers)spraynosegaycorsageboutonniere
2
a short motto or line of verse inscribed inside a ring.
noun

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1. Masses of posies aside, there are plenty of ways to have a perfumed garden.

2. 21 The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom's buttonhole.

3. 29 The first two lines "Ring-around the rosy, A pocket full of posies" refers to how people would carry flowers in hopes that they sent would overpower the smell of rotting flesh.

4. Imma fucking blow all the Ashes down Ring around the rosie Pocket full of posies Imma fucking go crazy for you now Go crazy for you now Blow all the Ashes down Submit Corrections