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purple shore crab
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noun
See under shore crab.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Origin of purple shore crab
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Words nearby purple shore crab
purple passion, purple patch, purple prose, purple sage, purple sandpiper, purple shore crab, purple trillium, purplish, purport, purported, purportedly
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