old rose
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Origin of old rose
First recorded in 1880–85
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Roses are tougher than you’d think — during the drought I spied many residential yards with dead lawns and an old rose bush still valiantly blooming despite neglect and lack of water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025
Sabyasachi put together unusual color combinations in a palette of tea-dyed stains — old rose, pistachio green, pale blue — entirely his own, and styled his models with books and big glasses.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022
Bureau of Labor Statistics, “the number of business establishments less than one year old rose steadily from 550,000 in 1997, peaked at about 650,000 in 2006, and then has gone straight down.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2016
“Scarlet and magenta are put together everywhere; Prussian blue next to cobalt; vermilion next to old rose, olive green next to emerald. Not only in flowers, but in homes and in clothes.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2015
Sylvia looked at Phyllis and decided that she was jolly pretty, too, with her golden hair and smocked linen frock of old rose; she would like to be friends with Phyllis.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
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