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In a rare indulgence, we manage to steal some time together, as Dave pilots his modified, trademark glossy-black
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He blinked at sight of Edgar, big and glossy-black on Ginny's left shoulder.
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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Her hair was glossy-black, parted in the middle, and falling in waves about her smooth white forehead; but her eyes were her real beauty, I never saw anything like them, Beth.
Beth Woodburn Maud Petitt
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It was a dashy barouche, drawn by a glossy-black span, and occupied by two ladies and a lapdog.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 Various
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The ripe seeds are small, glossy-black, somewhat oblong, and much flattened: thirty-six hundred are contained in a quart, and will plant four hundred feet of drill, or three hundred and fifty hills.
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“The Black Devil,” as the cook had named him fondly ... a steer, all glossy-black, excepting for a white spot in the center of his forehead.
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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"The Black Devil," as the cook had named him fondly ... a steer, all glossy-black, excepting for a white spot in the center of his forehead.
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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The males are easily distinguished from the dull and faded females by their deep glossy-black coats.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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This parole he had broken one spring when a glossy-black young she-raven happened to fly over the garden.
Tales of Two Countries Alexander Lange Kielland 1877
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I saw two birds, of the starling species, the red-bellied Picho (_Sturnella militaris_, Viell.), and the glossy-black Chivillo (_Cassicus palliatus_, Tsch.), which are kept in cages on account of their very melodious song.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853
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