canary girl

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Exposure to toxic TNT could turn the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a canary.

Noun[edit]

canary girl (plural canary girls)

  1. (UK) A female worker making TNT shells during World War I.
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