yellow mandarin
Americannoun
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Tea is like the East he grows in, A great yellow Mandarin With urbanity of manner And unconsciousness of sin; All the women, like a harem, At his pig-tail troop along; And, like all the East he grows in, He is Poison when he's strong.
From Project Gutenberg
This French company's range of unconventional scents includes Like This, composed of pumpkin, yellow mandarin and neroli; it was inspired by Tilda Swinton, apparently.
From The Guardian
In high red boots, wide purple breeches and a yellow mandarin jacket, Jones entered the workshop.
From Project Gutenberg
But he preferred to sit back and stroke those long, yellow, mandarin mustaches of his, and watch you, as a cat watches a foolish mouse.
From Project Gutenberg
Rand, lying still upon his pillows, with his eyes upon the yellow mandarin, passed them in review,—well, they had not been wasted!
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