leek-green
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of leek-green
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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Capito was a handsome man and made a fine figure in his scanty, leek-green fencing tunic.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
The picture is made brighter by the leek-green vegetation and by the overarching vault of glaring blue.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
But the moment she turned round, she espied a small door over which hung a soft portière, of leek-green colour, bestrewn with embroidered flowers.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
Other elongated cocoa-nuts bore jauntily a black felt of 'pork-pie' order, leek-green billycocks, and anything gaudy, but not neat, in the 'tile'-line.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
It has a leek-green leaf a foot long with a few brown spots.
From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various
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