come-and-i'll-kiss-you
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree native to southern Africa of species Ziziphus mucronata.
Example Sentences
- "... The Zulu name (Nat) strikes a more ironical note in its translation—"come-and-I'll-kiss-you"—obviously prompted by that same tenacity of embrace. ..."
- "... — hence the name 'wag-'n-bietjie' (Afrikaans for 'wait a bit') and the English vernacular name sometimes used: 'come-and-I'll-kiss-you'. The small, greenish, spreading flowers are grouped in clusters. ..."