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Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 02:41:27 GMT
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mattdm@&Spamless&mattdm.org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> Yes. According to M-W online, the color chartreuse is "a variable color
> averaging a brilliant yellow green." It describes the LEGO color perfectly!
FWIW, oed2 sez:
chartreuse
chartreuse Sartrö+-z. Fr.; fem. of Chartreux: see next and Charterhouse.
1. A liqueur made by the monks of La Grande-Chartreuse (the head monastery
of the Carthusians, near Grenoble), with
aromatic herbs and brandy.
2. A shade of colour; a pale apple-green.
3. Cookery. a. An ornamental dish of meat or vegetables cooked in a mould.
b. Fruits enclosed in blancmange or jelly.
4. A variety of the domestic cat. Also Chartreux.
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