dove-like
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In French, the word “pigeon” has two senses: a dove-like bird, but also a dupe, victim or fall guy.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2015
The three decanters boast an avian grace: the Swan's swooping body, the Flamingo's long slender neck and the Paloma's dove-like curves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Try to outvie and outdo and even affront that dove-like simplicity he used to adore in you, and into which you are still apt to relapse.
From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
On minds of dove-like innocence possess’d, On lighten’d minds, that bask in virtue’s beams, Nothing hangs tedious, nothing old revolves In that for which they long, for which they live.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Her dresses are all of this dove-like tint.
From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver
