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TARDIS blue en · ADJ

Etymology

From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of this dark blue color.
    • She took a long drag and put the cigarette out in the blue ashtray on the living room table. Alex had given it to her two months after they first met. It was an odd, almost circular shape, but it was TARDIS blue and he thought Die might like it. 2015, Lucia Moroşanu, When Impossible Events Occur, →ISBN:
    • She wears a tacky T.A.R.D.I.S blue cardigan, buttoned to the max, over khaki slacks. 2014, Emma Gray, Groupies, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 39:

wikipedia: Doctor Who · wikipedia: TARDIS

TARDIS blue en · NOUN

Etymology

From the color of the TARDIS, a time machine and spacecraft shaped like a police box, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The dark blue color of a traditional police box.
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    • He wore a black button-down shirt and gray slacks. […] On his feet, he wore his lucky shoes. The TARDIS blue was the only real color on him. 2014, Michele Zurlo, Kiss Me by Moonlight, Omnific Publishing, →ISBN:

wikipedia: Doctor Who · wikipedia: TARDIS