safety orange

safety orange
 n.β€” Β«With the flags standing so high above the hydrants they will be easy to identify, even if they are buried by snow. In addition, the bright orange (commonly called β€œsafety orange” for purposes like these) flags can be easily spotted from a fair distance at night and through moderate fog.Β» β€”β€œSafety flags installed on Keyser hydrants” by Kati Walker News Tribune (Keyser, West Virginia) July 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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