Citations:periwinkle

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English citations of periwinkle

  • 1969, Italo Calvino, chapter 4, in William Weaver, transl., The Castle of Crossed Destinies:
    1977 — Our staff officer sees coming toward him a Knight of Swords distinguished from the others by the elegance of his personal and equine equipment: his armor, unlike the others seen around, pieced together with oddments, is complete down to the most trifling detail and is all one color from helmet to greaves: a periwinkle blue, against which the gilded breastplate and shin guards stand out.