Examples
“Marching, with rows of men, forming the testudo, making a tortoise shell of shields when approaching enemy fire”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tortoise shell’.
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Kitten Is:
Mere days ago, I found a five-week-old kitten abandoned in the median of the Avenue we live on. She was in terrible shape, but is doing great now thanks to love and dedication.
The fo...small, hyper, bitey, silly, springy, soft, sage-eyed, tortoise shell, archy, darty, sneaky, bestriped and 27 more...
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condiment, tortoise shell, virile, wolverine, chyme, aeons, grotesque, pontiferous, blurb, dais, squiffy, decadent and 88 more...
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Prolagus oops! I thought "a good figure" was the opposite of "a poor figure", sorry!
There is no excuse for the other one.
Except that it was 2 am.
Thank you sionnach - and bilby! Jul 8, 2008
bilby The Italian fare una bella figura has a wider sense, including for example to give a positive impression. Jul 8, 2008
sionnach Dear Pro:
"and cut a good figure 99.97% of the times."
Forgive my presumption for commenting on your (normally impeccable) usage, but there are two issues with this phrase -
(i) standard usage would be 'X% of the time' (not times)
(ii) 'cut a good figure' is probably not the expression you are looking for here, as it typically refers to someone's appearance or demeanor:
e.g. "Algernon cut a fine figure in his purple corduroy knickers"
my guess is that you wanted to say "and be correct 99.97% of the time".
Again, forgive my presumption if I am wrong about what you meant to say. Jul 8, 2008
plethora I had a tortoise shell cat until I was 15. She was older than I am now. Jul 8, 2008
Prolagus What I like about tortoise shell cats is that you can ask their owners "what's her name?" and cut a good figure 99.97% of the times.
A friend of mine had a male tortoise shell cat, though. Jul 8, 2008
littleclaw a little soft and creamy coloured kitten with slate grey eyes. Jul 8, 2008