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baby blue

American  

noun

baby blues plural
  1. a very light blue.

  2. Informal. baby blues, a person's blue eyes.

    His charm lies largely in the way he bats his baby blues.


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Origin of baby blue

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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He threw on a baby blue tie and brought the Belichick apparatus with him to North Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 7, 2025

For a limited only, consumers could get their hands on mini totes in four brand new shades: delicate pink, baby blue, mint green and lovely lavender.

From Salon May 11, 2025

It was the large baby blue one, which my mother purchased in Rio de Janeiro after my sister got married and had too many gifts to carry with her back home to New York.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

The tool’s signature baby blue graphs dot social media and crop up on many of the world’s most popular news websites.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2024

And he’s redoing the bathroom and has changed the ugly brown tiles to a nice baby blue.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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