"pale as milk" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pale as milk (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Very pale. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: milk-white
    Sense id: en-pale_as_milk-en-adj-id2hy600 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1990 December, Stephen King, “The Moving Finger”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; republished in Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Signet, published 1994, 1993, page 233:",
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