purple shore crab

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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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

Black and purple bunting went up over the doorway at the 84th Precinct stationhouse where Ramos and Liu had been assigned.
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She says that every film she makes, she has to hit someone—The Color Purple, The Butler, and Selma.
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Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.
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Each of us believes what we choose to believe, and facts have become bricks to shore up the fortress of our own biases.
The Facts About Ferguson Matter, Dammit|Doug McIntyre|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Here and there, sparingly, one of the dolls might be purple or green: “Rainbow Piets,” they call them.
Dutch Try to Save Santa’s Slave|Nadette De Visser|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Why he did that, instead of walking around on the shore, Jimmy Rabbit couldn't understand.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Its pages are filled with the purple gowns of kings and the scarlet trappings of the warrior.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
She was in a soiled dressing gown of purple flannel, with several of the buttons off.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
He just got a good holt–a shore enough diamond hitch–on that thirst-parlour dawg, and chawed.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates