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noun
a pale grayish-blue color.
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Origin of Alice blue
1920–25, Americanism; named after Alice Longworth (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt)
Words nearby Alice blue
alibi, alible, Alicante, Alice, Alice band, Alice blue, Alice-in-Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice Springs, Alicia, Alick
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How to use Alice blue in a sentence
She stepped into a doorway and started unbuttoning her Alice-blue babydoll dress.
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