local color
local color
nounDefinition of LOCAL COLOR
: the presentation of the features and peculiarities of a particular locality and its inhabitants in writing
Examples of LOCAL COLOR
- a writer who uses local color in his stories
First Known Use of LOCAL COLOR
1868
Rhymes with LOCAL COLOR
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