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Definition of nosegay noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nosegay

noun
 
/ˈnəʊzɡeɪ/
 
/ˈnəʊzɡeɪ/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a small bunch of flowers
    Word Originlate Middle English: from nose + gay in the obsolete sense ‘ornament’.
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