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cousins of this word are cruel, pancreas, and crude.=20
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'You've already got a top just like that' is rebuffed with: 'No, the old =
one (relative term, here) is taupe The new one is ecru.'"
Tom Shields; Men's Place is Secondary in Any Battle of the Wardrobe; =
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Of a pale brown color, like raw silk or unbleached linen; beige. =
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French =E9cru (raw, unbleached), from Latin crudus (raw). Some cousins =
of this=20
word are cruel, pancreas, and crude. <BR><BR>
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