duck-egg
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of duck-egg
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The dish was a study in circles: the meat pressed flat and dotted with pickled carrots, moons of sumac-dusted duck-egg aioli, microgreens, and blueberries.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
Located in the state’s Southern Tier close to the Pennsylvania border, it offers vistas of farmland, dotted with several big clapboard houses painted a duck-egg blue.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2022
The sky to the east was turning a faint duck-egg blue.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2015
Painted gleaming white and duck-egg blue, with touches of gilt and crisp navy accents, the room is rustic in a Martha Stewart way.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2013
Old Sam Suck-egg, ii, 2aa, 10: He swaps his wife for a duck-egg, and this for other commodities in turn, which rime with each preceding line, until he has lost all.
From A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs by Combs, Josiah Henry
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