back green
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Throat blue; belly grayish; back green; tail blue-black, outer feathers broadly white tipped.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
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 Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It is like one I hae seen her hae out airing on the hay raip i' the back green.
From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by Hogg, James
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