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purple gas

purple gas noun: gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.

Noun

purple gas (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, Prairies) Gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.

Origin of purple gas

From purple + gas.

Questions about purple gas

What does purple gas mean?
Purple gas means gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.
What part of speech is purple gas?
Purple gas is a noun.

Words near purple gas in the dictionary

  1. purple everlasting
  2. purple everlastings
  3. purple finch
  4. purple finches
  5. purple fruit
  6. purple gas
  7. purple glory-of-the-sun
  8. purple glove syndrome
  9. purple gold
  10. purple gromwell
  11. purple guava

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