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shamrock - use in sentences
Converse of object
- use: FIRST STUDENT: I was told St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, taught his people about the Trinity by using a shamrock.
- wear: His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
- rise: A pretty device, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, and a star, were exhibited by Mr. Sanders.
Adjective modifier
- Irish: The national flowers are also shown; Welsh daffodil, English rose, Scottish thistle and Irish shamrock.
Preposition: with
- pride: The Irish wear the shamrock with pride, and particularly so on St Patrick's Day.
Modifies a noun
- design: Original green cloth, decorated with shamrock design, blocked blind on front board, blocked in gilt on spine.
- leaf: He is also famous for describing the concept of the Trinity by using a shamrock leaf the national emblem of Ireland.
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