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costly colors

costly colors is the alternative form of costly colours.

Meaning of costly colours

Noun

costly colours (uncountable)

  1. An English card game for two players, similar to cribbage and particularly popular in Shropshire.
    • Other games were cribbage, all fours, ruff and honours, French ruff, five cards, costly colours, bon ace, putt, plain dealing, Queen Nazareen, pennech, post and pair, bankafalat, beast.1882, John Ashton, Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne, page 104

Questions about costly colors

What is costly colors the alternative form of?
Costly colors is the alternative form of costly colours.

Words near costly colors in the dictionary

  1. costliness
  2. costlinesses
  3. Costlow
  4. Costlows
  5. costly
  6. costly colors
  7. costly colours
  8. costmaries
  9. costmary
  10. Costner
  11. costning

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