Usage of "off-colour"

In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent.

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Uso de off-colour em inglês

This is just a little off-colour for your 11-year-old eyes,' she recalled. 
 News.com.au 

I don't want any of your off-colour stuff from the Drones' smoking-room. 
 Right Ho, Jeeves 

The room alternates between off-colour jokes, riotous laughter, and rapt attention. 
 BBC 

Further weighing on his standing, Weselsky has made some off-colour comments in public. 
 Reuters 

After 27 years of off-colour surname-related jokes I'll be taking up Geffin instead. 
 The Guardian 

There are weird creatures, off-colour jokes, and plenty of fantastical twists and turns. 
 The South African 

Meanwhile, Ulster used the off-colour remark as a teaching moment. 
 The Secret Crown (2010) 

John would make some slightly off-colour remark if he was in a sour mood. 
 A journey: my political life 

Even England looked off-colour, with a couple of dropped catches and some wayward bowling. 
 The Guardian 

He had a way with women, but cracked off-colour jokes. 
 The Guardian 

According to digger parlance it was "off-colour," and, therefore, not excessively valuable. 
 Six Months at the Cape 

Is every off-colour gag a contribution to rape culture or are jokes just jokes? 
 The Guardian 

It's off-colour, and you know that as well as I.' 
 The Firm of Girdlestone 

It certainly explained why she had been feeling a bit off-colour the last few days. 
 The viscount and the virgin 

But, unlike in Dunedin, this time they gave the off-colour All Blacks a real fright. 
 The Irish Times 

El Sayed had to put up with his share of off-colour jokes and mean-spirited comments. 
 Firewall 

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Off-colour ao longo do tempo

Significados de off-colour em inglês