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coppice
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synonyms: copse, spinney ???
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Definition:1. {n} a small thicket of brushwood that is actively managed as a fuel source2. {v} to sprout from (or to have the ability to sprout from) a cut stump
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The only woods near the road were coppices, well tended for firewood,
Robert Jordon. The Eye of the World (1990)
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They came to a larger space where the coppice had been cut. They sat down on the trunk of a fallen tree,
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary.
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a narrow walk amidst the rough coppice-wood which bordered it.
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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Enoch offered us a basketful of I know not what fruits, like to Pomegranates, which he had but discovered that same day in a distant coppice. I took some and put in my pockets, as Elijah bade me.
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