dapple-grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Elfin Queen only laughed in his face, and brought her dapple-grey palfrey close up to where he was standing.
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"Seest thou not yon knight coming towards us on a dapple-grey steed, with a helmet of gold on his head?"
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And the way he comes prancing along on his dapple-grey pony, as if no one could ride a spirited animal but himself!
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As his dapple-grey was being brought round--the one that ambled so capitally--the unexpected visit of several strange horsemen interrupted the party; the commander gave me his hawk, telling me to go without him.
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The beast now revealed itself a dapple-grey; and at last between its unkempt ears, and against the slaty sky to westward, Moya described the timbers of the whim.
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