Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun White tinged with gray; grayish white.
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- noun a greyish white
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From advertisements for the Fels-Naptha brand of laundry soap stating that a grayish tinge indicates that white clothing has been washed in inferior soap.]
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