smoky topaz

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noun Jewelry.

smoky quartz used as a gemstone: not a true topaz.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of smoky topaz

First recorded in 1790–1800

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The Strange, True Tale of the Old-Timey Goat Testicle-Implanting 'Governor'|Penny Lane|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter.
‘Silicon Valley’ and the Return of Stoner Television|Rich Goldstein|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They also ran the second-most important ad of the season, painting Quinn as a creature of a smoky backroom.
De Blasio Whipped by Horse Lobby|Josh Robin|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We see Lauren, covered in sweat, dancing nervously in the middle of a smoky, caliginous, gay S&M club.
Inside James Franco’s Gay S&M Documentary (and Social Satire), ‘Interior. Leather Bar.’|Marlow Stern|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Thousands of people wrapped in flags marched in the frosty, smoky air.
Inside the Kiev Crackdown|Anna Nemtsova|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It consisted in a couple of snakes in old gold clenching an enormous topaz between their heads.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
It'll be a sure enough smoky one, too, with this mixture uh dry grass an' the new growth springin' up.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Four miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar harbour, on which there is but eight feet water.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Another singer has just finished his turn, and comes out of the smoky hall, wiping the perspiration from his short, fat neck.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith
Her topaz eyes started to glow and she said, "Just what do you mean by coming up here and—"
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various