prison pallor

[ priz-uhn pal-er ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prison pallor¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

It did not take Isaac long to find out that this complexion did not indicate consumption, but was only prison pallor.

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His friends had first noticed it in Paris, in '39, but had expected it to wear off as soon as the prison pallor disappeared.

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Nothing much to look at before, the boy was less so now, with the prison pallor on his sunken little face.

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

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Horror could add nothing to the prison pallor, which had driven every particle of color from his cheeks.

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