Pinkwashed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pinkwash form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Colored or tinged pink, especially from paint or light.

    "The buildings were low, generally with one story, and never with more than two, and built of adobe, a sort of clay found abundantly in the dryer parts of the Southwest. They were not only whitewashed but bluewashed and pinkwashed, as Roy put it, giving a very gay appearance to the streets."

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"The buildings were low, generally with one story, and never with more than two, and built of adobe, a sort of clay found abundantly in the dryer parts of the Southwest. They were not only whitewashed but bluewashed and pinkwashed, as Roy put it, giving a very gay appearance to the streets."

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