Anna Karenina vocabulary

"I say, Marya Vassilievna, you were making out those fly-away crinolines were not being worn. Just look at her in the puce dress— an ambassador's wife they say she is— how her skirt bounces out from side to side!"

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)

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I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.

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Johnny Carson: [to Doc] What? You got a green jacket last night, now you got a bright red one?

Doc: We're going through all the basic colors.

Johnny Carson: What tomorrow? Puce tomorrow? Is puce a color or is that something you do? [motions as if vomiting]

NBC. The Tonight Show (February 4, 1987)

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I want puce gloves and green boots.

James Joyce. Ulysses