bogwater

He had skin the same colour as the turf-coloured bogwater in the shallow end of the bath and when he walked along the side his feet slapped loudly on the wet tiles and at every step his thighs shook a little because he was fat.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

Dark stream of swirling bogwater on which apple-trees have cast down their delicate flowers.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

As he passed the door he remembered with a vague fear the warm turf-coloured bogwater, the warm moist air, the noise of plunges, the smell of the towels, like medicine.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

He thought he could see it, as well-a quicksilver shimmer like bogwater, stretching across the flat, open land ... and finally drying up about five miles away.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

He had the slanted eyes of his father and half-nephew, but his were brown, muddy as bogwater.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

As he passed the door he remembered with a vague fear the warm turf-coloured bogwater, the warm moist air, the noise of plunges, the smell of the towels, like medicine.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

Dark stream of swirling bogwater on which apple-trees have cast down their delicate flowers.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

He had skin the same colour as the turf-coloured bogwater in the shallow end of the bath and when he walked along the side his feet slapped loudly on the wet tiles and at every step his thighs shook a little because he was fat.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

Dark stream of swirling bogwater on which apple-trees have cast down their delicate flowers.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

He had skin the same colour as the turf-coloured bogwater in the shallow end of the bath and when he walked along the side his feet slapped loudly on the wet tiles and at every step his thighs shook a little because he was fat.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922