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 Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
His great body, shining like blue satin with a silver frost upon it, gave and lifted with every step.
From Tharon of Lost Valley by Frank Tenney Johnson
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 G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Behold the groves that shine with silver frost, Their beauty wither'd, and their verdure lost.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by George Gilfillan
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