red clay
Noun
Meaning
clay whose redness results from iron oxide
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The Southern past, the Southern present, the Southern future, concentrated into Gertrude's voice, became one of red clay pine-barrens, of chain-gang camps, of housewives dressed in flour sacks who stare all day dully down into dirty sinks.
The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps.
They prevent us from getting red clay from the pit, and they do not use it.
Agassi was raised on hardcourts, but found much of his early major-tournament success on the red clay of Roland Garros, reaching two consecutive finals there early in his career.
A Jewish-Christian tradition had it that Adam was formed from the red clay of the field of Damascus, near Hebron.
All about were jack-in-the-pulpits, punks, and skunk cabbage, rising from the red clay earth.