noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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It fitted in with the way the old witch had treated him.
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And I packed that old witch off to the village.
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Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch ? l didn't think so, somehow.
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The old witch took a gulp. ` Oh.
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The old witch has vanished as mysteriously as she appeared.
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I went to the old witch in the woods once.
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He's not supposed to kill me now, the old witch said.
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Tomorrow, well, you can have your old witch back.
wicked
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Had you flown up the chimney like the wicked old witch ? l didn't think so, somehow.
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The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch .
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By the end of the evening, it was easy to cast Mr Smillie as the wicked witch .
■ NOUN
hazel
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The messenger departed in search of witch hazel for his neck, leaving Blondel even more despondent than before.
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For very oily skin or acne, you could use a more astringent base such as witch hazel .
hunt
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We would all do well to remember that, and not transform a debate about right-wing imagery into a witch hunt .
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He has accused Starr, the independent Whitewater counsel, of conducting a partisan witch hunt .
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First, they generated a witch hunt inside the palace to discover my sources.
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Why was the witch hunt of the l9S0s mobilized at that particular time?
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Instead of a witch hunt , the government showed a united front.
trial
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It was in the witch trials that the exquisite symbiosis between Power and the judiciary is perhaps best illustrated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A black witch , casting spells from her hiding-place in the corner.
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Almost immediately afterward, Rapunzel was spirited away by the witch .
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He wants me to be a witch .
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It was probably this practice that gave rise to the popular image of witches flying on broomsticks.
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They paint witches and goblins in black and in primary colors.
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We have witches all year round.