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Meanings of dry leaves in English

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Usage of dry leaves in English
1
Honour is a phantom; gold, nothing but dry leaves; women, mere intoxicants.
There Are Crimes and Crimes
2
The little pig ran along on the ground, through the dry leaves.
Squinty the Comical Pig: His Many Adventures
3
The fires had gradually burned outward, devouring the carpet of dry leaves.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
4
A breath of wind stole out and set the dry leaves rustling.
The Extra Day
5
It receives the dust of a forest tree, or of dry leaves.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 / Devoted t...
6
This pouch contained a quantity of the dry leaves of the coca.
The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
7
Ora brushes her behind and shakes off some earth and dry leaves.
To the end of the land
8
Page stretched his great length on the dry leaves at her feet.
The Bent Twig
9
They were seated side by side on a bed of dry leaves.
Madame Bovary
10
She was leaping over rocks, marching through deep grass and dry leaves.
Chaosbound
11
Every gust carried the dry leaves in a rustling whirl up the path.
Invisible Links
12
The dry leaves above him rustled like paper as they struck one another.
Wizardborn
13
In India there are butterflies whose folded wings look just like dry leaves.
Fugitive pieces
14
The sound of my footsteps on the dry leaves made her look up.
Raphael; Or, Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty
15
At length the dry leaves which covered the hillside took fire.
This Country of Ours
16
Overhanging dry leaves can catch easily and start a forest fire.
Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
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Dry leaves through the time
Dry leaves across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common