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grey

/ɡɹeɪ/ noun A1
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Plural greys

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The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 16 · B2
The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 28 · B2
In one place he gathered up very carefully a little pile of grey dust from the floor, and packed it away in an envelope.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 34 · B2
They were of a pearly grey colour, small, round, and almost transparent against the light.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 71 · B2

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