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colorway
 n.— «Lam doesn’t mind dropping $180 for new Jordan 5s with a white-black-and-red color scheme (“colorways” in shoehead parlance) or driving two hours to San Francisco almost every weekend to shop on Haight Street.» —“Taking a shine to shoes” by Doug Rutsch Sacramento Bee (California) Dec. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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