iron grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A large military band in iron grey overcoats, red berets and golden tassles strikes up the Fledermaus Quadrille by Johann Strauss.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2014
The heavy sense of menace is reinforced by John Bury's fine sets�bare and iron grey, with great metallic walls that open or shut to enlarge or enclose the action.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not until the past few years has he shown ambition nor, until very recently, even sufficient self-consciousness to trim up his Montaneering mustache of iron grey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Above the edge of the newspaper, courtroom idlers could see Mr. McAndrew's iron grey hair.
From Time Magazine Archive
What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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