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purple squirrels

purple squirrels is the plural of purple squirrel.

Meaning of purple squirrel

Noun

purple squirrel (plural purple squirrels)

  1. (informal) A job applicant who perfectly fits a laundry list of requirements, against long odds of finding such a person.
    • Once you have your job description, take some time to test it against reality. How many purple squirrels are actually out there?2017 June 28, Laura Fries, “To catch a purple squirrel, you need to be flexible and proactive”, in The Business Journals
    Synonyms:
    unicorn, unicorn candidate

Questions about purple squirrels

What is purple squirrels the plural of?
Purple squirrels is the plural of purple squirrel.

Words near purple squirrels in the dictionary

  1. purple shirt of sex
  2. purple sock
  3. purple socks
  4. purple spurge
  5. purple squirrel
  6. purple squirrels
  7. purple state
  8. purple states
  9. purple storm snail
  10. purple storm snails
  11. purple sulfur bacterium

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