terrene

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Blue-eyed Mrs. Slocum, president of Boat Transit Co., is no terrene "Tugboat Annie," does not drive a truck herself.

From Time Magazine Archive

We must now leave the marine department for awhile, in order to attend to exclusively terrene concerns.

From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)

Form unknown in things terrene; Even monsters pliocene Were not so ill-shaped, I ween.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 by Various

Sometimes these angels are vested in terrene habiliments, as in the annexed cut, from a drawing of a sculptured stone among the ruins of Robertsbridge Abbey.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

By perfecting a method for changing matter from terrene to contraterrene, we have managed to bridge the million light years of space separating our worlds as we saw fit.

From Twelve Times Zero by Browne, Howard