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duck-egg blue en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Of a pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.
   • The walls were duck's-egg blue and in the centre of each was a colour print of tropical flowers in a bamboo frame. 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 126:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more duck-egg blue	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most duck-egg blue	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
duck's-egg blue		alternative	lexicographic

duck-egg blue en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A pale greenish blue colour, like that of some duck eggs.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
duck-egg blues	Number=Plur		lexicographic
duck's-egg blue		alternative	lexicographic