straw yellow
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Attorney General walked into the press conference on Friday, dressed in a straw yellow silk suit and pearls, and denied that she was furious at the FBI and its director, Louis Freeh.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the horse it is yellow or yellowish-red; in cattle and sheep yellowish; and in the dog a straw yellow.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The commercial product is a pale straw yellow, but varies much according to the purity of the materials used in its manufacture.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
South the road winds down a wide valley towards stripes of rain through which shine straw yellow faint as a dream the rolling lands of New Castile.
From A Pushcart at the Curb by Dos Passos, John
Overdone assays show a straw yellow colour which deepens on standing.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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