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English
Noun
apple-red (countable and uncountable, plural apple-reds)
- Alternative form of apple red
1901, 4--19--69 [pseudonym; Philip Verrill Mighels], “The Germ of a Passion”, in When a Witch is Young: A Historical Novel, New York, N.Y.: R[obert] F[rancis] Fenno & Company , part I, page 23:No more could the apple-red of her smooth, round cheeks retreat from the ardor of the sun.
1927 May 18, “ Devon Woman’s Hospital Gift.”, in The Western Morning News and Western Daily Mercury, number 20,952, Plymouth, Devon; Exeter, Devon, published 1927 May 19, page 6, column 4:I met a little Devon woman in London to-day who owned to 83 years, and has still a touch of apple-red in her cheeks.
2003, Jerilyn A. DePete, chapter 7, in Thin Air, : Xlibris, →ISBN, page 72:Her complexion was pale, except for the apple-red of her cheeks and a spritz of freckles dotting her pug nose.
Adjective
apple-red (comparative more apple-red, superlative most apple-red)
- Alternative form of apple red