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When its ready, drop 2-3 aubergines at a time and deep fry till they turn purplish-grey, and the skin becomes crispy.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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Minutes later, following a harsh croak, a dark purplish-grey bird with a wingspan of nearly five feet lifted itself laboriously out of a stand of ferns about 20 yards ahead of me.
Birders Flock East 2008
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When its ready, drop 2-3 aubergines at a time and deep fry till they turn purplish-grey, and the skin becomes crispy.
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Walls are white, carpet is greyish, curtains are purplish-grey, bed is either purple and black or blue and black depending on which sheets are in use and which ones are in the wash.
a whole lotta nuthin 2005
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Walls are white, carpet is greyish, curtains are purplish-grey, bed is either purple and black or blue and black depending on which sheets are in use and which ones are in the wash.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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The flowers are 1½in. across, of a variously tinted white, sometimes with pink and sometimes with purplish-grey inside the corolla.
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When he looked straight up he could see a lead-colored mast sweep back and forth across the sky full of clouds of light grey and silver and dark purplish-grey showing yellowish at the edges.
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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The sun had disappeared under soft purplish-grey clouds.
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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When the rain stopped they walked across wet fields by a foot path full of little clear puddles that reflected the blue sky and the white-and amber-tinged clouds where the shadows were light purplish-grey.
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933
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When he looked straight up he could see a lead-colored mast sweep back and forth across the sky full of clouds of light grey and silver and dark purplish-grey showing yellowish at the edges.
Three Soldiers 1921
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