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salmon pink

noun

salmon (defs. 4, 5).

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Origin of salmon pink

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby salmon pink

Salmonella typhosa, salmonellosis, salmonid, salmon ladder, salmonoid, salmon pink, Salmon River Mountains, salmon trout, salmon wheel, salol, Salome
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British Dictionary definitions for salmon pink

salmon pink

noun

  1. a yellowish-pink colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
  2. (as adjective)a salmon-pink hat
Sometimes shortened to: salmon
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