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Quotation dates: 1821-1828
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PARSON, n. Sc. attrib. usage: parson gray, a dark shade of grey, “charcoal grey”, “clerical grey”. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1821 Blackwood's Mag. (March) 620:
His are the habits of a former day — His bonnet blue, a coat of Parson gray.Mry. 1828 J. Ruddiman Tales 13:
My mother . . . manufactured for me a pair of parson-grey stockings.
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