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Chris -- 2018-04-11
yellow ochre – 241,000 googlehits
yellow oaker – 212 ”
Oak, especially with a bit of clear varnish dabbed on it, is close to yellow ochre in colour. I recognise that it’s as likely to be a misspelling as it is to be a genuine oakcorn/acorn/eggcorn, but here are some examples anyway…
A buff color is made of yellow oaker and white lead. For a willow green take verdigrease alone. For a light willow green take verdigrease and white lead. ...
fortress.uccb.ns.ca/search/HG05_7.htm – 52k – Cached
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Yellow Oaker, Is of two sorts; the one gotten in England, the other brought. from beyond the Seas: the one is light Yellow, much like the colour of Wheat …
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... the red of Cambridge, the yellow oaker of Durham, unsure of whether she’d been the easy jeans and hoodie girl who concealed her every waking curve until …
www.holby.tv/community/index.php?showtopic=56370 – 86k – Supplemental Result – Cached
please wear ur yellow oaker shirt and i will wear my sap green pants and we’ll totally coordinate. (= .miCHeLLe. Jul 29 2006 10:14A OOOOh sap green! ...
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