My tortoiseshell is plopped on my lap now purring and nosing my left (as I type) as if to say, “ear rub! now!”. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread] Reference
The freaky-gorgeous one has what is called a tortoiseshell coat. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Lucas] Reference
After a struggle I was able to divine that the tortoiseshell was a female and the black and white a male. From Wordnik.com. [Every living thing]
Calicos are more likely to have white patches, except that there are some freaky in-between cats, such as tortoiseshell-and-white. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Lucas] Reference
Claire's initials were etched into the tortoiseshell handle. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
Mr. Macassor offers him snuff from an old tortoiseshell box. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
The parole officer removed her tortoiseshell glasses and waited. From Wordnik.com. [Hardcase]
Yolanda was wearing a batik body-wrap and tortoiseshell glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Do you see that tortoiseshell butterfly hovering near the nettles?. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
He peered over his tortoiseshell reading glasses at the intrusion. From Wordnik.com. [html]
A fat tortoiseshell cat napping on a Bed & Breakfast lobby counter. From Wordnik.com. [Will Durst: To Doom or Not to Doom] Reference
"Yes!" she said, with three big tortoiseshell combs between her teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
Lady MacDonald is positively glaring through her tortoiseshell glasses. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
The old woman studied him over the rims of her tortoiseshell half-moons. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
He fixed the tortoiseshell handle to the ash bough with the rubber bands. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
Taylor specifically, from what he recalled from the tortoiseshell mirror. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
The judge held up a bony hand, from which his tortoiseshell glasses dangled. From Wordnik.com. [html]
The optional tortoiseshell steering wheel and shifter add a nice retro-geek touch. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST: CHRYSLER 300C] Reference
The most elaborate tortoiseshell toilet set in Jamaica would not cost five pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Once limited primarily to tortoiseshell, prints now come in all shapes and stripes. From Wordnik.com. [New Shades That Break The Pattern] Reference
But I still have the tortoiseshell plaque; Elspeth stands her bedside teapot on it. 42. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
A Stuart stump picture, figures and silver fountain, tortoiseshell frame, 22 × 16 15 15 0. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A well-dressed man in a suit and tortoiseshell glasses jumped out and ran toward the house. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
They are circular, not large, and made, some of tortoiseshell, some of polished hippo hide, &c. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
   Turning, Morwen saw the tortoiseshell cat standing just inside the open study door. From Wordnik.com. [calling on dragons]
"No," answered the careful grammarian, "I want a comb for a stout man with tortoiseshell teeth.". From Wordnik.com. [More Toasts] Reference
The body is ornamented with tortoiseshell, with mythological figures in ivory and precious stones. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
The Emperor grunted, woke, stared around, and asked sleepily which tortoiseshell was turned over tonight. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
The judge wore a bow tie of Stewart plaid with his robes and slipped off his tortoiseshell reading glasses. From Wordnik.com. [html]
In the earliest period any bones of animals (especially shoulder-bones) were used; later only tortoiseshell. From Wordnik.com. [A History of China] Reference
The tortoiseshell plaques of the concubines were scattered about, some of them broken; Gordon turned one over. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
It was either the same warrior in the armour of mother-of-pearl, ivory and tortoiseshell or one who was identical. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
There was a vanity table cluttered with British cosmetic brands and tortoiseshell hairbrushes and matching hand mirrors. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
Sometimes a kind of black moss grows upon them, and tiny bits of white lichen, giving together a curious tortoiseshell look. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
With a rattle of bone and ivory, of tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, the leprous-skinned warrior disentangled himself from Elric. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortress of the Pearl]
Viols d'Amore, richly inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, and tortoiseshell, made at this period, evidence the high state of the art. From Wordnik.com. [The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators] Reference
They were tabby, gray, white, tortoiseshell, ginger, seal brown, and every other cat color in the world except a proper and witchy black. From Wordnik.com. [calling on dragons]
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