baby blue
Americannoun
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a very light blue.
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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
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
Here she copies a 1978 photo of Cher wearing a custom baby blue Bob Mackie jumpsuit.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024
As a result, Colin, who wore paler shades such as baby blue in the earlier episodes, is seen in much more striking hues this time around, such as navy blues and browns.
From BBC • May 15, 2024
There we stood on the train platform amidst the chaos, me in my flowered nightgown and my brother in a baby blue summer coat that nearly touched the ground.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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