Cape Colored

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a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1895–1900

How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I had this horrible secret and it colored everything I did,” said Roome.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Arab women wore their colored hejabs, and the non-Muslim women dressed modestly and without a veil.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil|Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has underpinned his future program by winning from NASA a 20-year lease on the legendary launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Following a flawless journey from Cape Canaveral in Florida, it delivered more than two tons of much-needed supplies.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded|Clive Irving|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He conceived an idea of securing agents among the colored people, and in that way effect a good sale.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Masters and I arranged to come home together and eventually reached Cape Town.
Uncanny Tales|Various
The clear, straw-colored fluid which is left after separation of the coagulum is called blood-serum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
On his return he again doubled cape Good Hope, which had long been regarded as the ne plus ultra of navigation.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell