单词 | post office yellow |
释义 | > as lemmaspost office yellow b. Used in the names of colours associated with various Post Office services, as post office green, post office red, post office yellow. ΚΠ 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Jan. (Suppl.) p. iv/2 Red offers a fertile field for flights of descriptive fancy... Post Office red, and sealing wax red may be hackneyed words, but their tone is not in doubt. 1963 Ophthalmic Optician 20 Apr. 408/1 If the hole exposes telephone services and cables, the perimeter will be lined with machinery painted in Post Office green. 1976 Scotsman 15 Dec. 14/3 (advt.) The Telecommunications showroom..is decorated internally in Post Office yellow, with relief panels throughout in silver. 1998 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Nov. 1 Weary of graffiti on mailboxes in his neighborhood, and with the permission of the local postmaster, Dukakis bought cans of ‘post office blue’ and ‘post office green’ paint. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 22 July 2 The locomotive is Post Office red with a silver smoke box and boiler. < as lemmas |
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