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

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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

From that time on he had followed farming, teaming and construction work in all parts of the west, his bronzed appearance above the prison pallor giving evidence of his outdoor life.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Walker C. Smith

Every time he did so he rubbed his cheeks violently, then viewed with satisfaction the hard glow which replaced the yellow prison pallor.

From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

Sanford Godwin was a tall, ashen-faced man, in the prison pallor of whose face was written the determination of despair, a man in whose blue eyes was a queer, half-insane light of hope.

From The Dream Doctor by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

With the exception of the prison pallor, there was no change in him—at least, not much.

From The Iron Heel by Jack London

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