local color
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Puzzle #119 · September 28, 2025
The customs, accents, styles of a place, such as a city.
The local color of Boston, for example, would include Puritanical roots, Irish heritage, dropped R's in speech with unique terms like ‘wicked’ and ‘pissah’, colonial architecture along with brick row ‘brownstone’ houses, strong support of sports and well-known for education, being the home of many prestigious universities.
The local color of Boston, for example, would include Puritanical roots, Irish heritage, dropped R's in speech with unique terms like ‘wicked’ and ‘pissah’, colonial architecture along with brick row ‘brownstone’ houses, strong support of sports and well-known for education, being the home of many prestigious universities.
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