With pea-green smalls, whose polished buttons glow. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
The walls were pea-green paint and one-way mirrors. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
"It's sort of pea-green, not very pretty," says Lucy. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Drink Your Vegetables] Reference
The dizziness kept coming back in clammy pea-green waves. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
Well, make that square pea-green, and so no more about it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
LAMB: April 7, 2001, you buy the pea-green Chevrolet Caprice. From Wordnik.com. [American Road: The Story of An Epic Transcontinental Journey at the Dawn of the Motor Age] Reference
And as it came again, with shrieks of "Sabé! sabé!" the pea-green. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk of Egypt] Reference
Madame -- The difficulty is that pea-green is not sufficiently religious. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
“What dress shall I put on, mamma? the pink or the pea-green?” says Angelica. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose and the Ring] Reference
I can swear to you that I could just as well confess with pea-green under my feet. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She shrugged, said, "Okay," and moved to sit on a pea-green ottoman in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [One Of The Family]
They use a pea-green, 1960s-style phone, a dedicated line to the NASA flight director. From Wordnik.com. [For State Department officers directing calls, adrenaline always on the line] Reference
Methinks I see thee in thy pea-green suit, dancing a jig with the honourable Miss Maddie. From Wordnik.com. [The Surgeon's Daughter] Reference
He was wearing his white coat unbuttoned, revealing a grey shirt and narrow pea-green tie. From Wordnik.com. [Fleshmarket Close]
In front of the post office stood a boy with a faded pea-green cap, hung rakishly over one ear. From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
Madame -- I should only be too well pleased to use up my pea-green wool; I have a quantity of it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Who built this fine stone affair?" said R----, pointing to the pea-green promenade on our right. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829] Reference
Yonder tree away there in the background, with delicate pea-green leaves, is an old friend of ours. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
And the acting is so bad that the Griswold family's pea-green station wagon all but steals the show. From Wordnik.com. [On the Road, Supposedly Headed for Fun] Reference
The blow sent sticky, gelatinous, pea-green blood showering onto Flint, who gagged and spat furiously. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
Because a woman has a pretty face she is to be allowed to say that black is white, and white pea-green. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
‘By no means, reverend Lady; They are of a delicate pea-green with flame-coloured hair and whiskers.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Monk] Reference
Eiulo carried in his hand an unripe bread-fruit -- a splendid pea-green globe, nearly as big as his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
We sat, to recite, on long settees, pea-green in color, which would teeter slightly on the well-worn floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
It was old and tired, its pea-green paint flaking away; as weary as this neighborhood, which was older still. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
"The Castle of St. Altobrand," where a gentleman in pea-green might be seen communing with a lady in sky-blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827] Reference
As we gained the street a pea-green Mammoth purred past, the passengers putting out their heads to look at us. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Your humble sarvant had on a plain pea-green tabby sack, with my Runnela cap, ruff toupee, and side curls. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of Humphry Clinker] Reference
Would it be indiscreet to ask why the poor pea-green, which does not look very guilty, has such an evil reputation?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The pea-green shallows, which defended us to the north and south, had lately given protection to the Khedivíyyah206 steamer. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
You know what it is for, and you must understand that under the present circumstances pea-green would be altogether out of place. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I addressed my next neighbor on the subject, in Greek which would have made my fortune in those old days of the pea-green settees. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference
The husband in a round green coat, a high check cravat, and pea-green trousers with straps, was standing at the window, very busily engaged in catching flies. From Wordnik.com. [The Jew and other stories] Reference
And then the Queen had a fancy to have the color of the door altered; and the painters dabbed him over the mouth and eyes, and nearly choked him, as they painted him pea-green. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose and the Ring] Reference
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