Catchword for “purple”
Catchword: purple
Part of Speech: adj.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: If you combine the colors of the uniforms of the four services, you come up with the color purple. Thus officers who do joint duty, working on projects that cross service lines, are called purple-suiters.
Article or Document Title:
“Congress gives final approval to Pentagon’s reorganization”
“Congress gives final approval to Pentagon’s reorganization”
Author:
Charles Stafford
Charles Stafford
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times
Date of Publication:
Sept. 18, 1986
Sept. 18, 1986
Page Number:
3A
3A
This cite belongs to a full entry for purple.
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