Camberwell beauty

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noun

mourning cloak.

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Origin of Camberwell beauty

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby Camberwell beauty

Camb., Cambay, camber, camber piece, Camberwell, Camberwell beauty, Camberwell carrot, cambiata, cambio, cambist, cambium

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How to use Camberwell beauty in a sentence

If you read the reactions, she was billed as ‘Beauty and Brains.’
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Her Miss America win transcended mere superficial beauty standards.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There was so much beauty, talent, potential, and most importantly, honesty in your work.
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There was something beautiful about this, and I still see that beauty.
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A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Sir Cadge was about the same age as the famous beauty, and rose quite two inches above her lofty head.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for Camberwell beauty

Camberwell beauty

/ (ˈkæmbəˌwɛl, -wəl) /

noun

a nymphalid butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow bordersUS name: mourning cloak

Word Origin for Camberwell beauty

C19: named after Camberwell, a district of S London

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