kissing-bunch
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]kissing-bunch (plural kissing-bunches)
- A bundle of evergreen leaves or branches, typically with berries, hung up at Christmas-time, under which people may kiss.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- The kissing-bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morel's head as she trimmed her little tarts in the kitchen.