kelly green
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
American coinage, in reference to the Irish surname Kelly and the association of Ireland with the color green.
Noun[edit]
- A bright green colour.
- kelly green:
- 2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
- They were on their way to a clambake, a Friday night with friends at the marina. Wearing a kelly green tennis dress with white espadrilles, she was carrying a sheet cake resembling a flag, blueberries and strawberries as the stars and stripes arranged across a layer of whipped cream.