silver frost
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of silver frost
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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The walls of the Hall had all been covered in sparkling silver frost, with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe and ivy crossing the starry black ceiling.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
Yet each boy felt the full gravity of the occasion when the time for Dick's departure came, at dawn of a cool morning, gleams of silver frost showing here and there on the slopes.
From The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
The woods have doff'd their garb of purply gold; The faded fields with silver frost are steaming; Through the pale clouds the sun, reluctant gleaming, Behind the circling hills his disk hath roll'd.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
Frisky with the silver frost, Wild with windy weather, Half the autumn-tide they spend Giggling all together.
From Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann by Bromhall, Winifred
His advance was very quiet; but for the silver frost upon his head, he might have been one to the shadows of the wood.
From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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