Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of the somewhat iridescent color of light gray mother-of-pearl. See oyster-white.
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Examples
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If you love camel or taupe very now, then by all means, but since they, like oyster-colored silk blouses, are a dry cleaner's meal ticket, I don't recommend them.
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Otherwise, try Giorgio Armani's oyster-colored silk shirt £299.
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A man at the shore, away from the bird-cloud, is gently plunking a toddler into the foamy oyster-colored water and lifting her back out.
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Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, who has an adventurous fashion style, appeared in an oyster-colored lace gown with a mermaid hem, and a simple bandeau tiara with diamonds the size of marbles.
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So far, none of them have suggested that the next new thing for the power-wielding woman is a straight black skirt with a boxy, oyster-colored blazer, which is what Palin wore when she accepted the vice-presidential nomination in St. Paul, Minn.
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Hannah was still dressed in her oyster-colored silk.
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She climbed the oyster-colored front steps of the house where her father now lived and rang the buzzer under the box labeled Caspin.
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His bride, who wore an antique tiara, twirled around to show off her one-of-a-kind Vera Wang halter-top dress - a confection of oyster-colored silk and satin, crystals and pearls.
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The bride wore a Vera Wang oyster-colored silk and satin gown with an 18-inch train and a diamond-and-pearl tiara; the groom wore a single-breasted Brioni tuxedo with a white pansy boutonnière, Ms. Nathan's favorite flower.
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I stood in front of the fluoroscope, a glass oyster-colored screen where he could peer at my innards.
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