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purple patch

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Also called purple passage a section in a piece of writing characterized by rich, fanciful, or ornate language

2. Slang a period of success, good fortune, etc.

Translations

purple patch purple passage n → brano ornato

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excellence purple			Fears that these punters might develop a gambling addiction has prompted Gamblers Anonymous to hand out purple patches. RESULT!: Paddy Power; IN ASSOCIATION WITH betfair by The Mirror (London, England) ``He has had purple patches over the previous two or three seasons and died off. Football: Shearer: Players not earning caps by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			purple finch purple forces purple fringeless orchid purple fringeless orchis purple gallinule purple grackle purple granadillo purple ground cherry Purple Heart purple heather purple loco purple locoweed purple loosestrife purple martin purple medic purple milk vetch purple mullein purple nightshade Purple of Cassius Purple of mollusca purple onion purple orchis purple osier purple passage purple patch purple patches purple pea purple poppy mallow purple rock brake purple sage Purple sandpiper purple sanicle purple saxifrage Purple shell purple silkweed purple strawberry guava purple trillium purple velvet plant purple virgin's bower purple willow purple-black purple-blue purple-brown purple-eyed purple-flowered purple-flowering raspberry purple-fringed orchid purple-fringed orchis purple-green purple-hooded orchis purple-lilac			Purple Martin Conservation Association purple medic Purple Medick Purple Medick Purple Medick Purple Metals And Chemicals purple milk vetch Purple milkweed purple mint purple mint purple mint Purple minutes Purple Mombin Purple Moor Grass purple mullein purple nightshade Purple non-sulfur bacteria Purple non-sulfur bacteria Purple non-sulfur bacteria purple nonsulfur bacteria Purple of Cassius Purple of Cassius Purple of mollusca purple onion purple orchis purple osier Purple Osier Willow purple passage Purple Passages Purple patch purple patches purple pea purple pea Purple People Eater Purple People Syndrome purple pigeon grass purple pigeon grass purple pigeon grass Purple pill Purple pitcher plant Purple Pixels Simple Data Purple plague Purple plague (disambiguation) purple plume grass purple plume grass purple plume grass purple poppy mallow Purple prose Purple prose Purple quartz Purple quartz Purple Rain purple rattlebox purple rattlebox purple rattlebox Purple Ribbon Campaign purple rock brake purple sage Purple Sail Purple Sail Purple Sail

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