Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An acid dyestuff, a sulphonated triphenylmethane derivative, which dyes wool and silk green in an acid bath.
- noun A coloring matter, a sulphonic acid of various sorts of benzaldehyde-greens.
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Examples
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They stood on the side of the road, where the streetlight, like a shimmering acid-green eye, peered into their faces.
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That doesn't mean it's time to reach for the acid-green margarita mix.
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They stood on the side of the road, where the streetlight, like a shimmering acid-green eye, peered into their faces.
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They stood on the side of the road, where the streetlight, like a shimmering acid-green eye, peered into their faces.
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It's got the obligatory acid-green walls and neon-bright murals but the Itaca is a cut above most hostels in its price range, not least for its cosy size and central position close to the cathedral.
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It's got the obligatory acid-green walls and neon-bright murals but the Itaca is a cut above most hostels in its price range, not least for its cosy size and central position close to the cathedral.
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What I like about it is that it grows easily, responds well to a bit of clipping (once a year) and can be grown as a tall hedge -- just the sort of "green screen" we were looking for, and such a perfect blend with evergreen Viburnum Tinus ... variegated Eleagnus, a large and pretty Pittosporum, and some simple acid-green griselinias (latest additions planted 5 years ago and doing very well).
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It has the suggestion of wheels, and acid-green flowers are sort of code for, "I am a hippie bus!" even if the rest of the object is unintelligible.
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A plume of acid-green smoke, smelling strongly of ozone, spiraled from inside, then hovered like a drape over the safe as if to protect it.
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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A bright yellow octopus is made from plastic bags and the stripped skeleton of an umbrella; the skin of a mermaid is really made from repurposed acid-green material of plasticized origins.
Risa Shoup: Twenty-First Century Fish Tale Risa Shoup 2010
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