metal-flake

Half the guns in the rack at any sporting clays tournament these days bear garish hot-rod paint jobs-flames, stars and stripes, and metal-flake finishes.

Hot Shots 2008

Half the guns in the rack at any sporting clays tournament these days bear garish hot-rod paint jobs-flames, stars and stripes, and metal-flake finishes.

Hot Shots 2008

Even in this economic climate, MacGillivray says 70 percent of new car buyers still make some sort of modification to their vehicles within 60 days of purchase, whether it be a floor mat or a metal-flake paint job.

2009 SEMA Show: Better than expected, future looks greener 2009

Even in this economic climate, MacGillivray says 70 percent of new car buyers still make some sort of modification to their vehicles within 60 days of purchase, whether it be a floor mat or a metal-flake paint job.

2009 SEMA Show: Better than expected, future looks greener 2009

There was the deep, deep metal-flake blue of a Camaro I once owned, which looked good even in the drear greyscape of South London.

Blathering Lockdown: Day Two « Whatever 2008

I also remember at the same supplier seeing the furniture for a B777 imagine the size! destined for someone in the Saudi royal family that was all the most amazing bright metal-flake purple you have ever seen.

Ornate Guns 2007

The names-all that was left of good people'rose like bruises from the metal-flake paint.

The Zero Walter, Jess 2006

But bass fishing, of which I'd already had plenty, can get pretty intense in this age of metal-flake mania.

Spring Tactics for Big Bluegill from Field and Stream's John Merwin 2004

The taco wagon was metal-flake purple and fur-upholstered -- a cherry '58 Impala niggered up.

American Tabloid Ellroy, James, 1948- 1995

Anyway, the first IPL model out of the gate will be a nicely tweaked G Coupe with 18 more horsepower than its garden-variety counterpart, and various goodies such as tuned suspension with different spring rates, 19-inch alloy wheels, glitzy metal-flake paint and upgraded interior with leather upholstery.

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