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lavender scares

lavender scares is the plural of lavender scare.

Meaning of lavender scare

Noun

lavender scare (plural lavender scares)

  1. (US, historical, slang) The fear and persecution of homosexuals in the 1950s in the United States.

Questions about lavender scares

What is lavender scares the plural of?
Lavender scares is the plural of lavender scare.

Words near lavender scares in the dictionary

  1. lavender linguistics
  2. lavender marriage
  3. lavender marriages
  4. lavender menace
  5. lavender scare
  6. lavender scares
  7. lavender thrift
  8. lavender water
  9. lavender waters
  10. lavender-collar
  11. lavendered

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