kiss-me-at-the-gate

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English

Noun

kiss-me-at-the-gate (uncountable)

  1. Cultivated heartsease.
    • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 88:
      Daisy admired this aspect or that of the feudal silhouette against the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odour of jonquils and the frothy odour of hawthorn and plum blossoms and the pale gold odour of kiss-me-at-the-gate.