Knife-coloured
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the colour of a knife's metal blade; especially, having the glint that reflects off the blade.
"Broken lumps of cloud whirling across a knife-coloured sky like wreckage on a Thames flood. Moon running over the house fronts like a spotlight. When it fell on the willows, they trembled like girls caught in dark corners […]"
Example
More examples"Broken lumps of cloud whirling across a knife-coloured sky like wreckage on a Thames flood. Moon running over the house fronts like a spotlight. When it fell on the willows, they trembled like girls caught in dark corners […]"
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