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Mamie pink

noun

Etymology

Named for Mamie Eisenhower, who famously loved the shade and redecorated the White House in it, setting off a design trend in the 1950s.

Definitions

  1. A light rosy pink colour with a slight orangish tinge.

    • The 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).
    • 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.

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