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nosegay noun [ ˈnəʊzɡeɪ ]

• a small bunch of flowers, typically one that is sweet-scented.
• "a nosegay worn at the waist or bodice"
Similar: posy, bouquet, spray, bunch, sprig, buttonhole, corsage, boutonnière, tussie-mussie,
Origin: late Middle English: from nose + gay in the obsolete sense ‘ornament’.

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