kelly green

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English

Etymology

American coinage, in reference to the Irish surname Kelly and the association of Ireland with the color green.

Noun

kelly green (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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