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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.
Lincoln green
noun
- a yellowish-green or brownish-green colour
- ( as adjective )
a Lincoln-green suit
- a cloth of this colour
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lincoln green1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lincoln green1
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Example Sentences
Robin was clothed in a gay scarlet dress and his men wore their mantles of Lincoln-green cloth.
The ballads always described Robin and his merry men as dressed in green, “Lincoln green.”
Lincoln Green was an older cloth of pure English manufacture.
They were all shouting gaily, and the stream was bright with their scarlet cloaks, Lincoln-green jerkins, and gold embroidery.
I warrant he had silver buttons to his Lincoln green, but they be torn off.
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