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Laurels

noun

A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. Synonyms: accolade, award, honor, honour.

The state of being honored. Synonyms: honor, honour.

Laurel

noun

Any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family.

United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965). Synonyms: Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Stan Laurel.

(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory. Synonyms: bay wreath, laurel wreath.

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"Laurels" Quotes from Famous Books

... Imogen, felt that on this day, the day of a new friendship, Sir Basil's claim on her was paramount. She had something for him, a light, a strengthening, and she must keep the hour sacred to that stir of awakening. Among the pines and laurels she would say a few more words of help to him. So that Mrs. Potts ...

— A Fountain Sealed • Anne Douglas Sedgwick

... scourging rebellion and baffling proud France, Crown'd with laurels behold British William advance: His triumph to grace and distinguish the day, The sun brighter shines and ...

— Handel • Edward J. Dent

... discussions which developed around the democratic formulae, owing largely to the initiative of Kuehlmann himself, were not without their danger. That the diplomacy of the Central Empires could not reap many laurels in that way must have been clear beforehand to that diplomacy itself. But the secret of the conduct of the diplomacy of Kuehlmann consisted in that that gentleman was sincerely convinced of our readiness to play a four-handed game with him. His way of reasoning was approximately ...

— From October to Brest-Litovsk • Leon Trotzky

... urging it "to appeal from the justice to the fears of government, and suspect the man who would advise to longer forbearance." Anarchy was about to erect the Arch of Triumph—poor, exhausted, bleeding, weeping America lay in agony upon her bed of laurels. ...

— America First - Patriotic Readings • Various

... never lost a thought through the inability to utter it. When he had left college, he had left burdened with honours and had borne with him the enthusiastic admiration of his fellow-students. He had earned and worn his laurels with an ease and grace which would be remembered through years ...

— In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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