off colour
adjective(off-colour when prenominal)
mainly British slightly ill; unwell
indecent or indelicate; risqué
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How to use off colour in a sentence
A bit of diamond bort, or even a clear though off-colour stone, may be employed.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallAccording to digger parlance it was “off-colour,” and, therefore, not excessively valuable.
Six Months at the Cape | R.M. BallantyneBut most astonishing of all was a large off-colour diamond set in a ring, through which he ran the ends of his scarf.
Gold | Stewart WhiteI don't want any of your off-colour stuff from the Drones' smoking-room.
Right Ho, Jeeves | P. G. Wodehouse
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