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Party-colored

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Par´ty-col`ored
a.1.Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower.
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Steeled knights of the Conquest, bearded statesmen of Queen Elizabeth, and high-ruffled ladies of her court, were mingled with characters of comedy, such as a party-colored Merry Andrew, jingling his cap and bells; a Falstaff, almost as provocative of laughter as his prototype; and a Don Quixote, with a bean pole for a lance, and a pot lid for a shield.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Not the vestige of a blush varied the sallow monotony of his complexion; the smile wreathed his curly lips as pleasantly as ever his party-colored eyes twinkled at Magdalen with the self-enjoying frankness of a naturally harmless man.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The party-colored wheel must revolve very fast to appear white.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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