Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ancient creamy-white Chinese porcelain, imitated in Japan and by the modern Chinese.
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Examples
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In the last sigh of the drive, on the downside of the San Gorgonio Pass, spins some 3200 giant ivory-white egg-beaters, the wind farms T.
Richard Bangs: How Green Is My Valley? Richard Bangs 2011
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The entryway had a floor of golden marble, and there were small statues of ivory-white angels in niches on both sides of the darker marble walls.
Family Storms 2011
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In the last sigh of the drive, on the downside of the San Gorgonio Pass, spins some 3200 giant ivory-white egg-beaters, the wind farms T.
Richard Bangs: How Green Is My Valley? Richard Bangs 2011
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In the last sigh of the drive, on the downside of the San Gorgonio Pass, spins some 3200 giant ivory-white egg-beaters, the wind farms T.
Richard Bangs: How Green Is My Valley? Richard Bangs 2011
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A dog thrust his head into the entrance and blinked wolfishly at them for a space, the slaver dripping from his ivory-white fangs.
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In the last sigh of the drive, on the downside of the San Gorgonio Pass, spins some 3200 giant ivory-white egg-beaters, the wind farms T.
Richard Bangs: How Green Is My Valley? Richard Bangs 2011
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The entryway had a floor of golden marble, and there were small statues of ivory-white angels in niches on both sides of the darker marble walls.
Family Storms 2011
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The grown-up counterparts, named Clara, the Princess, and Nutcracker, the Prince, respectively, wear ivory-white, classical-ballet dress based on the costuming of the child characters.
A Mouse in the House Robert Greskovic 2010
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Mr. Thomas smiled, a quick expression on his ivory-white face like a crease suddenly appearing in a sheet of paper.
The Secret of the Sealed Room Bailey MacDonald 2010
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Its ivory-white keys were already dyed pale yellow from his cigarette smoke, and stubs mounted in the pottery fruit dish Maybelle had provided as an ashtray.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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