plumcoloured

Definitions

Rare form of plum-colored.

form-of, rare

Examples

“Through the smudged windows of the daycoach you could see⟳ a string of coal cars, the black tipple of a mine standing up in the fold⟳ of a hill beyond the bleak storefronts of the main street of the little town, and behind the tipple the plumcoloured hills streaked with blue coal smoke⟳.”

“The golden time to be in these woods … is on a misty day in November when every tree is pale copper, and you can look⟳ over their heads down into the Bix valley, filled with a plumcoloured haze like⟳ grapebloom.”

“By the time he reached the highway a plumcoloured light⟳ filled the eastern sky and the light⟳ set⟳ in silhouette a pair of tractortrailers thundering into town, their jakebrakes hacking as they passed the speed⟳ limit⟳ signs.”

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