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Out of the darkness slipped a tall, bearded, older-looking man, who stood so close to her that she jerked the reins and started to flee, but he caught her by the calf—and when he did, her silk-clad leg and a bit of her gown were revealed.
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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Then she hiked up her skirts and raced in pursuit, putting a slight smile on his face as he was treated to yet another view of slender, silk-clad ankles and calves.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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Rachel pushed it around her plate, looking about her at the silk-clad walls; at intervals were hung enormous circles of beaten silver which reflected the dancing candlelight and the shimmering, spangled clothes and rich jewels worn by the assembly.
Dearly Beloved 2010
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I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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She put an affectionate arm around the fox's silk-clad shoulders.
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I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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I continued to one of the side walls where a figure sat at a small table, his silk-clad shoulders hunched, a lone spotlight illuminating the peculiar script on the wall.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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Then she hiked up her skirts and raced in pursuit, putting a slight smile on his face as he was treated to yet another view of slender, silk-clad ankles and calves.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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In all these things, she was utterly unlike the expensive members of the silk-clad demimonde whose pleasures he had once enjoyed.
red dust Ryn Cricket 2010
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Every November a group of volunteers -- mostly middle aged and elderly ladies working under the direction of the museum's conservancy department -- put up the "Angel Tree" and decorate it with Neapolitan eighteenth and nineteenth century terracotta and wood silk-clad figures: beautifully painted faces gentle and innocent; swirling robes of silk, rich as thick smoke curling heavenward -- a nativity scene to break even my cynical heart.
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