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
The nun, her dove-like innocence devastated, has broiled like a chestnut amid the ashes of her convent,” etc.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
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
The brown hair brushed back from the white temples with the old Quakerish neatness, the dove-like eyes, the sensitive lips, cannot be mistaken.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
