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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.
- 2022, Thornhill, Arkangel:
- Everything you've ever wanted to be / Was in the image of me, girl / Oh, oh, you're a ravager in mauve / So I'm hoping you'll break / Do you ever think I'd be faking?
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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."