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Lincoln green

noun

an olive-green color.

British Obsolete. a forester's outfit, perhaps of bright green: clad in Lincoln green.

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Origin:
1500–10; so called from the color of a fabric originally made in Lincoln, England

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Lincoln green

—n
1.	a. a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour
	b. (as adjective): a Lincoln-green suit
2.	a cloth of this colour

[C16: so named after a green fabric formerly made at Lincoln, England]

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