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purple nasties

purple nasties is the plural of purple nasty.

Meaning of purple nasty

Noun

purple nasty (countable and uncountable, plural purple nasties)

  1. (UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.

Questions about purple nasties

What is purple nasties the plural of?
Purple nasties is the plural of purple nasty.

Words near purple nasties in the dictionary

  1. purple martins
  2. purple meadowrue
  3. purple milkweed
  4. purple milkweeds
  5. purple monkey dishwasher
  6. purple nasties
  7. purple nasty
  8. purple noise
  9. purple notice
  10. purple notices
  11. purple nurple

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