Usually means: Small bouquet for personal adornment.
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  1. nosegay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nosegay: Merriam-Webster
  3. nosegay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nosegay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nosegay: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nosegay: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nosegay, nosegay: Wordnik
  8. nosegay: Wiktionary
  9. nosegay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nosegay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nosegay: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nosegay, nosegay: Dictionary.com
  13. nosegay: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Nosegay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Nosegay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. nosegay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. nosegay: Rhymezone
  18. Nosegay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nosegay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. nosegay: FreeDictionary.org
  21. nosegay: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. nosegay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. nosegay: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosegay, nosegay: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nosegay: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nosegay)

noun:  A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours.
noun:  (figuratively) An aroma, a scent.

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