peach-blow

noun

1. 1. a delicate purplish-pink colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      a peach-blow vase

2. a glaze of this colour on Oriental porcelain

Word History and Origins

Origin of peach-blow¹

C19: from peach ¹+ blow ³

Example Sentences

But the potato-eater is yet unborn who can justly find fault with a properly-grown Peach Blow.

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They were airy, ethereal creatures, with delicate peach blow complexions, and very small hands and feet.

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Mrs. Myron Neifkins, too, if report could be believed, was to be gowned in peach-blow satin worked in French knots.

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As previously stated, a peach-blow color forms a good ground for vermilion.

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Mrs. Neifkins, too, came up to expectations in her peach-blow satin.

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