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ecru

[ek-roo, ey-kroo] / ˈɛk ru, ˈeɪ kru /
NOUN
very light brown
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In neighboring northern Mississippi, at least one person was rescued from a home in Ecru, nearly 30 miles north of Tupelo.

From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2020

The town of Ecru Police Department said on Facebook that roadways across the town were covered by water.

From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2020

One of the world’s largest furniture factories, a boxy, off-white Ashley Furniture plant in tiny Ecru, employs several thousand workers from around the region.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019

Local news outlets report former Ecru police Chief Paul Martin Blaylock and former Ecru city clerk Gretchin Moody were arrested Tuesday and charged with embezzlement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2017

Ecru: Continue the foregoing operation for blue by passing the goods through a solution of prussiate of potash.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham




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