| 单词 | to sub the purple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sub the purple b. Journalists' slang. to sub the purple: to subedit elaborate or excessively ornate writing. Cf. purple passage n. at Compounds 1b(c). rare. ΚΠ 1958 E. A. Robertson Justice of Heart iii. 33 A well-known outside contributor from whose copy he had, in his own words, ‘subbed the purple’. < as lemmas |
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