Word: verts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spring fashion shows in Paris, females were shown what to wear: evening gowns that came up to the neck in front and down to the waist* in back; sport sweaters used as jumpers; belts on jackets, ensemble coats and separate coats; colors of red banana, vert d'eau (light green), cochineal, silver grey, violine (light purplish blue...
...Argent and Vert" is another failure. It suggests an attempt to amuse the assembled company despite toothache or gout. Its conclusion loses what force it may have had in the original in antidiluvian times, largely because the translator seems incapable of excluding any words seeking admittance and employment after the gates should close...