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Off-colour

adjective
1.
In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent.  Synonyms: indelicate, off-color.  "An off-color joke"





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"Off-colour" Quotes from Famous Books



... to use a diamond tool—an instrument quite readily made, and of great service for turning emery wheels and the like,—a thing, in fact, which no workshop should be without. A bit of diamond bort, or even a clear though off-colour stone, may be employed. ...
— On Laboratory Arts • Richard Threlfall
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