chalk-white

adj

adj

Etymology From chalk + white.

Chalky white.

I burn, burn like a wicker cabinet / chalk-white and oh so frail / I see our time has gotten stale1998, Eve 6, “Inside Out”, in Eve 6:
Six utterly chalk-white people were cramped together beneath the parasol, sharing the little circle of shadow it was casting down onto the moderately sundrenched beach.2015, Arne Dahl, Europa Blues, →ISBN:

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