mazarine
Americannoun
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a deep, rich blue.
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a silver strainer fitting over a meat dish and used for draining the water from boiled fish.
Etymology
Origin of mazarine
1665–75; < French, perhaps named after Cardinal Mazarin
Example Sentences
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He looked relieved once the mazarine blues had flown free.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
Unlike other reintroductions in which he helped a surviving British species recover its former range, the mazarine blue had completely vanished from the UK.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
Over the course of about five minutes, White released 72 mazarine blues, a small butterfly named after the striking colour used in 17th-century porcelain.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
“We’ve reached crisis point. I come along and my first reintroduction of mazarine blues cost £6.28.”
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
This last was a good-sized square of bright yellow silk, with polka-dots of mazarine blue.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James
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