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sea pink

British  

noun

  1. another name for thrift

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A single definition sends her into a spiral over such terms as “average coral” and “sea pink,” while elsewhere imaginative riffs and historical detours pull the reader well beyond the book’s central thread.

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High winds and big waves have turned the sea pink in Somerset.

From BBC

The downstairs rooms, with their big glass windows that face, variously, the scruffy lawn, citrus trees, sea pink flowers or Mr. Measer’s vegetable patch, impart a trompe l’oeil nature effect, too.

From New York Times

Autumn brightens with blooming goldenrod, sea pinks and arrowhead, inviting bees and butterflies, including migrating monarchs.

From New York Times

On the right hand the rocks leaned out above my head, yellow and grey and dripping, and tufted with sea pinks; on the left there was nothing except the wind.

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