local colour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
He is further personally beholden for the local colour inparted to his Colonial descriptions by the private information of Sir Robert G. W. Herbert, Sir Julius Vogel, Mr John Bramston, and other Colonial officials.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
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