apple-red

plural apple-reds

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of apple red.

   No more could the apple-red of her smooth, round cheeks retreat from the ardor of the sun.

   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

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   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.

   1927 May 18, “[From Our London Correspondent.] Devon Woman’s Hospital Gift.”, in The Western Morning News and Western Daily Mercury, number 20,952, Plymouth, Devon; Exeter, Devon, published 19 May 1927, page 6, column 4

   Her complexion was pale, except for the apple-red of her cheeks and a spritz of freckles dotting her pug nose.

   2003, Jerilyn A. DePete, chapter 7, in Thin Air, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 72

comparative more apple-red · superlative most apple-red

1. alternativeAlternative form of apple red.