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dumpling

[duhmp-ling] / ˈdʌmp lɪŋ /


NOUN
milquetoast
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The greening, or purpling, of Los Angeles also involves these elements, but mostly water.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Peering into the mirror, he hardly recognized himself, a 24-year-old man on crutches, stitches between his eyebrows, a gash above his ear, another on his forehead and a bruise purpling his cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2015

In the film, they are wearing virginal white nightgowns and there is a gruesome close-up of their toenails, long and crusted on bloated purpling toes.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2010

Higher and higher into the purpling sky streaked the Starfighter�50,000 ft., then 60,000, then 70,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The blue smoke from the house chimney hung in flat layers in the purpling ranch-cup.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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