peach-blow

British  

noun

1. 1. a delicate purplish-pink colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a peach-blow vase

2. a glaze of this colour on Oriental porcelain

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Etymology

Origin of peach-blow

C19: from _peach ¹ + _blow ³

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Example Sentences

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peach-blow

The peach-blow of his fair cheeks was partly hidden by a heavy false beard, plaited into stubby braids, which hung to an even line a little below the chin.

From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass

And while he dictated words of assurance to his "Cousin Sue" his eyes feasted upon a dainty profile with long brown lashes that swept a peach-blow cheek.

From Quin by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

A man worked a lifetime to obtain a peach-blow, and it crumbled to dust in his hands.

From David Malcolm by Nelson Lloyd

Mrs. Myron Neifkins, too, if report could be believed, was to be gowned in peach-blow satin worked in French knots.

From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart

The camera, in this case, is a magnifying glass, and the most peach-blow complexion would look coarse unless slightly powdered.

From The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm by Laura Lee Hope

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