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Meanings of white pebble in English

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Usage of white pebble in English
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He shook it and out dropped a little white pebble.
Honey-Bee / 1911
2
Amy has received a message written on a mysterious white pebble to the effect-
What Katy Did Next
3
And if she didn't hit him-juston the foot with a little white pebble!
The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
4
Each day she placed a clean white pebble in a little pile at her side.
The Way of a Man
5
This pretty horseshoe-shaped cove with a white pebble beach is extremely important for its geology.
The South African
6
The dumpling was a white pebble, swimming with two others in a plateful of mud.
Charmed Life
7
The things were a knife, a piece of chalk, two white pebble stones, and a plummet.
Rollo at Play; Or, Safe Amusements
8
It came to rest next to a low white pebble-dash chalet I hadn't noticed during our approach.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
9
Her looks and words disclosed her thought as a crystal stream reveals a white pebble over which it flows.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
10
He stared a long time at the white pebble he held in his hand ready to play, before he added:
The Aspirations of Jean Servien
11
The overseer of the labyrinth and two generals went around the benches and gave a white pebble and a black one to each delegate.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
12
Throw a white pebble into such water; as it sinks it becomes greener and greener, and, before it disappears, it reaches a vivid blue-green.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
13
Hansel had seen no cat, but he stayed behind every time to drop a white pebble from his pocket on the ground as they walked.
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
14
She could see white pebbles and vegetation at a vast depth.
The Captain of the Kansas
15
Slowly the boat moved, scrunching over the white pebbles, and slipped into the water.
The Primrose Ring
16
When they had washed them clean they spread them on the white pebbles to dry.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
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