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silver

/ˈsɪl.vɚ/ adjective A2
  1. Made from silver.
  2. Made from another white metal.
  3. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
  4. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
  5. Premium, but inferior to gold.
  6. Pertaining or relating to elderly persons.
  7. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound. · a silver-voiced young girl
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This made her angrier than before, and she blew her silver whistle twice.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 79 · B2
“Most assuredly; although I might easily have accepted it, for it was I who put into his hands the first silver he ever earned; but now M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 19 · C1
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 7 · B2
But it seems you have come back rich, my boy,” continued the tailor, looking askance at the handful of gold and silver which Dantès had thrown on the table.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 16 · C1

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