local colour
Britishnoun
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He had chosen Ford and Aly as local colour for his prepared shtick, a routine that he could have done just about anywhere.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2017
Are they just a local colour morph, or something more interesting?
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2014
Or is it what adds to the local colour of the Giro?
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2013
The 45-minute claim was put in late and was a "bit of local colour" the secret service would allow to be used.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2010
Gilbert, therefore, in his search for "local colour" for his forthcoming opera, had not to travel to Tokio, but found it almost on his own doorstep near his home, then in South Kensington.
From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Henry A. Lytton
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