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Definition of "orange-skin" [orange-skin]

  • An orange hue of the skin, observed chiefly in newly born infants. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "orange-skin" in a sentence
  • "Yet he could not forget the saying, which had been so faithfully carried to him, of the orange-skin."
  • "The unique feature it possessed was not so much its orange-skin surface as the surprising method by which it was glazed."
  • "Benjamin Wright, tottering a little, changed his cane from his left to his right hand, and chewed orange-skin fiercely."