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Something Rhymes with Purple

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You Look Like the Wreck of the Hesperus

The phrase the wreck of the hesperus is used to describe someone or something that looks a bit dishevelled. This goes back to a poem written by henry wadsworth longfellow, which became hugely popular all over america. The expression mint also as a term of flattery. In other words, there someone's looking really mint in their new clothes. Or there really mint. It's the idea of a shiny, shiny, new coin.

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