sulphur butterfly

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Origin of sulphur butterfly

First recorded in 1875–80

“When you become a peshmerga your life becomes like a butterfly,” she said.
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So, to commemorate her 75th birthday, the two got matching butterfly tattoos on their wrists.
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This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
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A small wooden cabinet with two butterfly doors held ropes and chains, candles, and sex toys.
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The labels included a picture of a butterfly on a blade of grass.
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She became my sweetheart, temporarily; but a born butterfly, she soon fluttered away, leaving me disconsolate—for a time!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Let blue flames rise from the living sulphur and the sheep bleat loud as she feels the touch of the smoking sulphur.
The Religion of Ancient Rome|Cyril Bailey
Thou who didst teach weak men and those who suffer To mix saltpetre and sulphur,Have pity on my long misery!
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
Ain't got used to brimstone yet, but I'd trade mosquitoes for sulphur smoke and give some boot.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
Found enormous ledge of black quartz, looks like sulphur stem during volcanic era but may be iron.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower