Nile green
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Nile green
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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During the Nazi occupation of France, Wallis Simpson got American diplomats to rescue her favourite Nile green swimsuit from the Windsors' rented villa on the Cote d'Azur.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2015
Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The one on the left is a clear turquoise blue, while its neighbor is distinctly Nile green.
From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.
Gladys and I are the same size, and she has an exquisite semi-evening gown of Nile green and honest-to-goodness lace which I have long admired humbly from my corner among the ashes.
From Sunny Slopes by Hueston, Ethel
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