| Word | ecru |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. The color of unbleached linen, a sort of beige or grayish yellow. |
| Sentence | I could almost feel the wretched thing [the house] cover in its reluctance to endure the bath of ecru and ocher and putty-buff-and-snuff that Charlotte planned to give it. |
| Source | Lolita, I.18, p. 82 |
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