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

Example Sentences

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peach-blow

The field of the rug is often in white or ivory, or in soft blue, red, yellow, or even peach-blow tint.

From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Rosa Belle Holt

I can't help feeling that there was something providential in my selecting white when my taste always leaned toward a peach-blow brocade.

From The Battle Ground by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

One chamber—a lounge on the second floor—was to be entirely lined with thin-cut transparent marble of a peach-blow hue, the lighting coming only through these walls and from without.

From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser

"Wouldn't they?" murmured the child, in dreamy sympathy with this belated peach-blow.

From Indian Summer by William Dean Howells

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