English citations of mauve
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1890 , Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray Never trust a woman who wears mauve , whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. 1914 , Saki (H. H. Munro), The Dreamer “We haven’t any mauve ,” said the assistant, “but we’ve two shades of green and a darker shade of grey.” 1922 , Arthur Conan Doyle , The Horror of the Heights The whole aspect of this monster was formidable and threatening, and it kept changing its colour from a very light mauve to a dark, angry purple so thick that it cast a shadow as it drifted between my monoplane and the sun. Adjective
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1919 , Stephen Leacock , The Errors of Santa Claus "Oh, how perfectly lovely!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown. "I think the mauve one would suit the doll best, don't you, with such golden hair?" 1986 , Bruce Robinson , Withnail and I "Sherry? Oh no, no, no, no. I'll fall straight into his trap. He's so mauve we don't know what he'll do next."
