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lilac

adjective as in mauve

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noun as in lavender

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noun as in purple

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"Back in 1998, we had this outfit with tartan trews, a pinky lilac shirt, and these tartan waistcoats, which we were so proud of," Kennedy remembers.

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Following “the Sydney Cherkov way,” she wears a lilac blouse that telegraphs meek, demure energy.

A shattered lilac plate from my sister-in-law can be glued back together.

Once cooled, they went into crinkly cellophane bags from Party Central, each one tied with a bit of lilac curling ribbon.

Mace said she’d build a concrete house and the yard would have oak, sycamore, toyon, lemonade berry and lilac.

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