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Search phrase: ashy

Plays

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Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.162Of ashy semblance, meagre, pale, and bloodless,Of ashy semblance, meager, pale, and bloodlesse,
Richard IIR2 II.ii.119I should to Pleshey, too,I should to Plashy too:

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1378 And dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights And dying eyes gleem'd forth their ashie lights,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1512 Nor ashy pale the fear that false hearts have. Nor ashie pale, the feare that false hearts haue.
Venus and AdonisVen.76 'Twixt crimson shame and anger ashy-pale. Twixt crimson shame, and anger ashie pale,

Glossary

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chaffy[as of chaff] worthless, useless, trashy
harlotrytrashy, tawdry, third-rate
waterishabounding in water; also: wishy-washy, watered down

Thesaurus

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trashychaffy
trashyharlotry

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ASHBASICashy adj, ashy-pale adj
PALE [colour]STATEashy-pale adj

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