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Local people are now forced to fly saffron-coloured flags outside their homes to identity themselves as Hindus and prevent attack.
Holy war strikes in India: 35 Christians killed and 50,000 forced from their homes 2008
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So they brought the lute in a bag of red satin, with tassels of saffron-coloured silk: and she opened the bag, and took it out and behold on it was graven,
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Hymen blew his torch out, put it into the cupboard for use on a future day, and exchanged his garish saffron-coloured robe for decent temporary mourning.
The Newcomes 2006
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For a moment or two he remains silent as sibilantly he purses his lips and drinks some saffron-coloured tea from the saucer which the splayed fingers of his right hand are balancing on their tips.
Through Russia 2003
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Hamilcar counted them one after another with the tip of his finger; then he hid his face in a saffron-coloured veil, and, falling on his knees, stretched himself on the ground with both arms extended.
Salammbo 2003
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Beautifully dressed and wearing a saffron-coloured gown
Lysistrata 2000
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Beautifully dressed and wearing a saffron-coloured gown ...
Lysistrata 2000
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_Beautifully dressed and wearing a saffron-coloured gown ....
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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_Beautifully dressed and wearing a saffron-coloured gown ....
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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With the dried tail of a herring sticking out of their saffron-coloured, shrivelled chops, Lord! how they gaped when I passed by, hurriedly, like
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition William A. Ross
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