original
/əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/ noun B2- An object or other creation (e.g. narrative work) from which all later copies and variations are derived. · This manuscript is the original.
- A person with a unique and interesting personality or creative talent.
- A newly designed garment released by a fashion designer as part of a collection.
- A ridgeling.
Plural originals
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Accordingly, Anne washed her hair, scrubbing it vigorously with soap and water, but for all the difference it made she might as well have been scouring its original red.
The boards round and the panelling of the walls were of brown, worm-eaten oak, so old and discoloured that it may have dated from the original building of the house.
There was certainly at this moment, in Elizabeth’s mind, a more gentle sensation towards the original than she had ever felt in the height of their acquaintance.
Lynde says I’m full of original sin.
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