prison pallor

American  

[priz-uhn pal-er] / ˈprɪz ən ˌpæl ər /

noun

1. extreme paleness, as if one has experienced a lengthy deprivation of natural light due to imprisonment or other indoor confinement.

   These kids need to get off the couch, get outside, and get rid of their prison pallor.

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Etymology

Origin of prison pallor

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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prison pallor

His mustache has a villainous smeariness, his skin a trace of prison pallor, his voice a con-mannerly suavity, his big soft eyes the expression of a slightly sneaky sheep.

From Time Magazine Archive

I understand now the prison pallor; I understand the sensitiveness of this prison audience; I understand the high nervous tension which makes anything possible.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott

Brooks had seen men with the prison pallor in their faces before.

From The Rose in the Ring by McCutcheon, George Barr

The light from the binnacle illuminated a countenance of rugged yet symmetrical features, stamped with prison pallor, but also stamped with a stronger imprint of refinement.

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan

His face, white with more than its prison pallor, was drawn as though by bodily pain.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West