Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A peculiar dull shade of blue used on Chinese porcelain. See the extract.
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Examples
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Out of this terror they build upwards into a great momentary cathedral of birds and the peregrine, shining powder-blue even in this flat light, twists down upon them.
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I was wearing my powder-blue suit, with dark blue shirt, tie and display handkerchief, black brogues, black wool socks with dark blue clocks on them.
Style in Fiction 2009
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District Court on Monday, each 18, pale and slender in powder-blue pants and smocks that looked like hospital scrubs.
Students ordered held in case of suspected drug lab at Georgetown Paul Duggan 2010
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District Court on Monday, each 18, pale and slender in powder-blue pants and smocks that looked like hospital scrubs.
Two students denied bail in suspected GU drug-lab case Paul Duggan 2010
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District Court on Monday, each 18, pale and slender in powder-blue pants and smocks that looked like hospital scrubs.
Students ordered held in case of suspected drug lab at Georgetown Paul Duggan 2010
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Another patch of color is planned for a pleasant outdoor courtyard at the back, in powder-blue Astroturf.
Designed to Evoke the Future of Filmmaking... Julie V. Iovine 2011
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Another top British entry at Christie's will be Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of the beautiful Miss Read, later Mrs. William Villebois, dressed to kill in shimmering powder-blue silk from circa 1775-1777 estimate: £4 million-£6 million.
A Week of Masters Descends Margaret Studer 2011
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He favors khaki slacks, light-mauve or powder-blue shirts, and nice ties.
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The gray-haired Mr. Nicholson, wearing black sunglasses, a plaid coat and open-collared powder-blue shirt, was accompanied by New York City Police detectives and left without commenting.
Searching for Clues in Copter Crash Sean Gardiner 2011
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District Court on Monday, each 18, pale and slender in powder-blue pants and smocks that looked like hospital scrubs.
Students ordered held in case of suspected drug lab at Georgetown Paul Duggan 2010
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