poppy red

noun

poppy(def 4).

Origin of poppy red

First recorded in 1825–35

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Examples from the Web for poppy red

Historical Examples of poppy red

Her cheeks were poppy-red, her eyes sparkled with the mere joy of living.
The Woman Beautiful
Helen Follett Stevans
The garden of death was a riot of colour, green, crimson, heliotrope and poppy-red.
The Red Horizon
Patrick MacGill
They were seated cross-legged in a semicircle, and one of them was thumbing tobacco into the bowl of a poppy-red pipe.
IT and Other Stories
Gouverneur Morris
Her eyes flamed and her cheeks grew hotter and deeper in tint until they were poppy-red.
A True Friend
Adeline Sergeant
In the porch a white-headed woman, in a gold-edged blue kerchief and poppy-red skirt, was holding a dame-school.
Spanish Highways and Byways
Katharine Lee Bates