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

The peach-blow color rose in the girl's cheeks.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline

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 Hope, Laura Lee

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 Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

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 Dreiser, Theodore

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

From David Malcolm by Lloyd, Nelson