back green
Britishnoun
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Long after the ash had washed away and the charred landscapes grew back green, trauma remained.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2020
The 18-year-old Hammer chipped in for eagle from just off the back green on the 18th to beat Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico, 2 up.
From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2018
Mr. Nicholson sat silent for an appreciable time while his unhappy son surveyed the poles in the back green, and a certain yellow cat that was perched upon the wall.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Sides rusty, back green, throat spotted with green and sometimes ruby, outer tail-feathers rusty at base, then black and a white tip, the feather more than .12 wide; middle tail-feathers green at base, end black.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
His eyes glanced back green fire in the lantern light; he strained in renewed efforts to escape; the air was rank with his musky smell.
From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson
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