canterbury : Idioms & Phrases

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Canterbury ball

  • (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varietes, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers.
Webster 1913

canterbury bell

  • noun herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers
    Gloxinia perennis.
  • noun European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers
    Campanula medium; cup and saucer.
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Canterbury gallop

  • a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding, to Canterbury; a canter. Canterbury table, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers pass away the time.
Webster 1913

canterbury tales

  • noun an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer
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