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Verde

American

[vurd] / vɜrd /

noun

Cape, a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa.

Verde British

/ vɜːd /

noun

a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa See also Cape Verde

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My master Chaucer that founde ful many spot, Hym lyste not gruche, nor pynch at every blot; Nor move himself to perturb his reste; I have perde tolde, but seyd alway his beste.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

After characterising each colour separately in a couplet, he ends:— "E il rosso, il bianco, e il verde, È un terno che si giuoca, e non si perde."

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

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