Meaning of of colour | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of of color.

alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Examples

“Silver […] leaves his wife to manage⟳ the inn; and as she is a woman of colour, a pair of old bachelors like⟳ you and I may be excused for guessing that it is the wife, quite as much as the health, that sends him back to roving. […] Of Silver we have⟳ heard no more. That formidable seafaring man with one leg has at last⟳ gone clean⟳ out of my life; but I dare say⟳ he met his old Negress, and perhaps still lives in comfort with her and Captain Flint.”

“People of colour were pushed forward⟳ at every moment, just as extras are hired to fill⟳ empty seats at the Oscars if stars drift away. It would have⟳ been little surprise⟳ if this show⟳ had cut⟳ to the valet parking line outside, with 83% of the valets of colour.”

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