Even a fleck of gold is worth a fair sum of money. From LearnThat.org.
A fleck of red. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Thoinot considers that in these cases the fleck is a fetich. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy] Reference
This is like me calling a fleck of lint a 1/100,000 scale model of a cloud, even though it's not made of water. From Wordnik.com. [World's Smallest Working Model Train » E-Mail] Reference
That fleck life's road like snowdrops in the Spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
His upturned breast, where gleamed one fleck of red. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Legends of Minnesota] Reference
The lord of the Geats, and the grisly-fleck'd smote he. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
There was a fleck of saliva at the corner of his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
There was a fleck of white at the corner of his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
There was a fleck of blood on the back of her nightdress. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
As Marshal puts it correctly, fleck is still in its infancy. From Wordnik.com. [Fleck Offers Zero Friction Web Annotation] Reference
Millions fleck the face of Heaven, but no two alike are ever. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
It was a dim fleck compared with the brilliant cosmic string. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
He took a closer look at the fleck of grayish-brown substance. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
The other stars spread beyond the field, and that green fleck grew. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Among all this loveliness was glimpsed by Arethusa a fleck of green. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
She leaned forward to the mirror and touched a fleck of powder away. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Mela reached through the sand witch's substance and snagged a fleck. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
Far off, the boat which bore Hector was a white fleck under the cliffs. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
A fleck of green showed through the amethyst foliage before him -- the lake!. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Frank hissed, wiping a fleck of foam from the corner of his trembling mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
KAYE: Maria is a fleck of gold in the gold mine known as unmarried women voters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2008] Reference
The fleck bar keeps on standing in the middle of my screen, its driving me crazy. From Wordnik.com. [Fleck Offers Zero Friction Web Annotation] Reference
Ocular fleck: in Mallophaga, a small, intensely black spot of pigment in the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
He examined what could be a fleck of dried blood, and after a moment, he said, "Boots?". From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Pepper took a gold tooth from his pocket, a fleck of brown blood still on the root side. From Wordnik.com. [Crystal Rain] Reference
The face grinned, an honest delight leaking out of a mind no bigger than a fleck of sand. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
There was a shrillness creeping into his voice, a fleck of foam at the corner of his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
One is a brown and red checked, and the other green with a white fleck in, both outing flannel. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
The dark-blue summer sky, unmarred by the slightest cloud-fleck, was brilliant with constellations. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
A little tiny fleck of blood could be innocently deposited; a larger stain becomes very suspicious. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2007] Reference
In the distance was just visible a fleck of white and a fleck of blue -- Elise and the Dainty One on the sands. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea] Reference
A minute substance like the white of an egg; with a fleck of blood in it, can frequently be seen upon the clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
I look back up one more time before kicking as much sand over the blood puddle as possible, covering up every fleck. From Wordnik.com. [from MLKNG SCKLS] Reference
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