HAINT BLUE Definition & Meaning

haint blue

[heynt bloo]

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any of several light shades of blue, and traditionally a color of choice for porch ceilings in the southeastern United States.
I’m looking for a haint blue with the slightest bit of lavender in it.

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First recorded in 2000–05; regional pronunciation of the noun haunt “ghost”; such a color supposedly prevents ghosts from entering the structure

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The plants had grown in the windows, and one of the black cats had had a litter, and the wallpaper had changed from slate gray to haint blue.

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Conchs called it haint blue, and it was supposed to keep haints away.

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To keep them from coming inside, you painted the house haint blue, or you laid a broom across the entrance to the house.

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It shimmered in the moonlight, turning all shades of blue, from indigo to haint blue and back again.

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“Keep adding drops until it gets to be haint blue.”

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