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Mountbatten pinks

Mountbatten pinks is the plural of Mountbatten pink.

Meaning of Mountbatten pink

Noun

Mountbatten pink (countable and uncountable, plural Mountbatten pinks)

  1. (historical) A pinkish-grey camouflage colour, used to paint several ships of the British Royal Navy during World War II.
    • Before long all the destroyers in his flotilla were painted medium grey with a dash of Venetian red, a tone that quickly became known as Mountbatten pink.2016, Kassia St Clair, The Secret Lives of Colour

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Questions about Mountbatten pinks

What is Mountbatten pinks the plural of?
Mountbatten pinks is the plural of Mountbatten pink.

Words near Mountbatten pinks in the dictionary

  1. mountainy
  2. mountant
  3. mountants
  4. Mountbatten
  5. Mountbatten pink
  6. Mountbatten pinks
  7. Mountbatten-Windsor
  8. mountboard
  9. mountboards
  10. Mountbolus
  11. Mountcastle

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