Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Of a reddish pink colour.
Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher. · Any reddish pink colour. · A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored. · In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
To apply rouge (makeup).
Borrowed from French rouge, from Latin rubeus. Compare rare Middle English rouge, rouȝ (“red”); later borrowed again, as it is not attested until c. 1750. The game senses are of unknown origin according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
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