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Word: mongrelize (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...very agreeable to receive pretty remarks from lady friends about the magenta; it is far from exhilarating to overhear afterwards their candid opinion of what they take to be magenta. But who can blame them for wishing to disguise their real sentiments on light solferino or a mongrel pink? It is amusing on Regatta days to observe the variety of shades donned by Harvard's friends. They range from a delicate pink to a crimson so dark as to be almost maroon. If some one of our sister colleges with a similar color - and there are such - should make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR COLORS. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

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