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 Sky.Sky-rakers, 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Sky-blue.
 
Milk and water, the colour of the skies.   1
       
“Its name derision and reproach pursue,
And strangers tell of three times skimmed skyblue.”
       
Bloomfield: Farmer’s Boy.
 


 Sky.Sky-rakers, 

 
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