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saffron

/ˈsæfɹən/ adjective C2
  1. Having an orange-yellow colour.
  2. Associated with Hinduism, Hindus or Hindu nationalism.
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Anne evidently got through her visit without any serious breach of “etiquette,” for she came home through the twilight, under a great, high-sprung sky gloried over with trails of saffron and rosy cloud, in a beatified state of mind and told Marilla all about it happily, sitting on the big red-sandstone slab at the kitchen door with her tired curly head in Marilla’s gingham lap.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 170 · C1
Beyond, the Avonlea hills came out darkly against the saffron sky.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 241 · C1
“We have an inspector who makes a specialty of Saffron Hill and the Italian Quarter.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 85 · C1

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