crimson-bedecked

Updated: June 23, 2025

Down the line he limped, while gray-haired graduates and downy-lipped undergrads cheered him loyally, calling his name over and over, and so back to a seat in the middle of the stand, from where all through the battle his crimson-bedecked cane waved unceasingly. He was not the only one welcomed by the throng.

Ralph Henry Barbour - The Half-Back

Yard and village were alike well-nigh deserted; here was the staid professor, the corpulent grocer, the irrepressible small boy, the important-looking senior, the shouting, careless junior, the giggling sister, the smiling mother, the patronizing papa, the crimson-bedecked waitress from the boarding house, the the band! Yes, by all means, the band! There was no chance of overlooking the band.

Ralph Henry Barbour - The Half-Back