poppy red
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of poppy red
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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“We cherish, too, the poppy red that grows on fields where valor led. It seems to signal to the skies, that blood of heroes never dies,” one line says.
From Washington Times ● May 26, 2019
Leather skins lie on the roofs, drying in the sun and men expertly step in and out of the circular vats of dye: turmeric yellow, indigo blue and poppy red.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2019
The offering, which dropped April 1, features one-piece swimsuits and bikinis in colors such as poppy red, sky blue, deep blue and honeycomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
The flying colors, though, were the grays and creams of the house, mixed with palest blue and a dash of poppy red.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2011
Men might like that kind of thing, but she felt that her face and neck would be poppy red in another moment.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
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