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puce
/pjuːs/
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What does puce mean?
noun
- A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
adjective
- Of a brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
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COLOUR--The colour should always be a rich dark liver or puce without any white at all.
The lady who dyes a chemical yellow Or stains her grey hair puce, Or pinches her figure, Is painted with vigour With permanent walnut juice.
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As I sailed before a light wind the island receded slowly, and on the following day I could still see the Puce Mountain near Moka.
“I should hardly like to say, Hugh,” Mrs. Elliot tittered, “but wearing puce velvet, as she does even on the hottest August day, it somehow doesn’t show.”
“Her neck is uncovered, and her hair in bands, and her back-comb in place; she’s got on a puce silk, and white stockings, and coloured shoes.”