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sulphur-coloured

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of sulfur-colored.

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Examples

  • At length the figure which I had seen in the principal stall came forth and advanced towards the people; an awful figure he was, a huge old man with a sugar-loaf hat, with a sulphur-coloured dress, and holding a crook in his hand like that of a shepherd; and as he advanced the people fell on their knees, our poor old governor amongst them; the sweet young ladies, the sharking priests, the idiotical parson

    Lavengro 2004

  • Also a species of HIBISCUS, with rough palmate leaves, large bright sulphur-coloured flowers, with a rich purple spot at the base of each petal, the stamens and stigma bright red, the blossoms when fully expanded eight inches in circumference; the plant has a very erect habit.

    Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York 2003

  • But lovely as he was, John Broom's eyes were on another cage, where, silent, solemn, and sulky, sat a big white one with sulphur-coloured trimmings and fierce black eyes; and he was so like Miss Betty's pet, that the poor child's heart bounded as if a hand had been held out to him from home.

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

  • While I was talking to May about the water primrose, Jack espied a sulphur-coloured butterfly, and off he set in full chase; he did not, however, succeed in capturing it, for his foot tripped over a molehill and down he tumbled -- the beautiful sulphur butterfly having fled across a wide ditch and escaped.

    Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

  • One day we started out with the sultan, who had on his long coat, which made him look like a huge, sulphur-coloured canary.

    Southern Arabia Mabel Bent

  • -- A dwarf hardy Cactus with sulphur-coloured flowers, produced from June to August; very suitable for dry spots in rock-work.

    Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

  • Mr. Smith, a very robust man, wore yellow, sulphur-coloured gloves, a high hat, a flower in his buttonhole, white piping to his vest.

    Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday

  • Calvinistic simplicity entirely in black, and just as this contrasted with the King's suit of sulphur-coloured satin, so did the gravity of his countenance contrast with the stupidity of his sovereign's.

    The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series Rafael Sabatini 1912

  • Here and there against the deep black background a small whitish or sulphur-coloured wreath stood clearly out, looking livid and dangerous.

    The Firm of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • Against their dark background one or two livid, sulphur-coloured splotches showed up malignant and menacing, while the surface of the sea had changed from the appearance of burnished quicksilver to that of ground glass.

    The Mystery of Cloomber Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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