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shell pink
noun
- delicate whitish to yellow pink.
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- shell-pink adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shell pink1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
They were made of wax and painted a shell pink, but the rest of his face was yellow.
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See this shell pink chiffon, how lovely it would look under trees of apple blossoms.
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The pedestal was of shell-pink marble, carved in delicate bas-relief.
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It is very lovely in this shell-pink light of early morning, it could not have looked lovelier when Sir Walter estimated it.
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Her Devon-repaired complexion was of dazzling purity, all snowy white and sea-shell pink.
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One little branch, shell-pink, took the girl's fancy; she turned it over, frankly covetous.
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