Meanings
- uncountableA light rosy pink colour with a slight orangish tinge.
First door, water closet. Added or renovated sometime in the late fifties, if she judged the Mamie pink and the fixtures correctly. Ugly as hell, but some people really liked that stuff.
2016, Cherie Priest, The Family Priest, page 492 more examples
Jackie was still suffering from a postpartum depression that left her drained of energy, but she and Sister worked nonstop through the morning, laying plans to obliterate all the “Mamie pink” and Grand Rapids furniture that dominated the upstairs Family Quarters.
1997, Edward Klein, All Too Human: The Love story of Jack and Jackie, page 461The shutters that swing from the windows are painted mottled shades of cream and Mamie pink, a powdery peach tone not seen since the Eisenhower administration (it appears the shutters have not been painted since then either).
2003, Adriana Trigiani, Lucia, Lucia, page 1
Origin
Named for Mamie Eisenhower, who famously loved the shade and redecorated the White House in it, setting off a design trend in the 1950s.
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Mamie pink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mamie%20pink
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