1936 E. Sitwell xix. 227 Their leaf-dark hair smoothed into the Chinese style.
1946 W. de la Mare 20 He caught but leaf-dry whisper of what they said.
1971 B. Patten 51 Into myth she faded, Leaf-eyed.
2001 A. M. Jones (2002) i. 5 The passing of the dark, leaf-dry prairie has come to match..the hitching clack of the train.