Usually means: Synthetic dye discovered accidentally.
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  1. perkin: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Perkin, perkin: Wordnik
  3. Perkin, perkin: Wiktionary
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  5. Perkin, perkin: Dictionary.com
  6. Perkin (surname), Perkin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Perkin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. perkin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  10. Perkin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. perkin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. perkin: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. perkin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. perkin, perkin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Perkin)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A kind of weak perry.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
pickpenny, penk, nipperkin, pennyworth, perking, penneth, Pinkey, pelter, Pottinger, porkpie, more...

Phrases:
Perkin Warbeck, william perkin, Perkin reaction, sir william henry perkin, warbeck, perkin, more...

Adjectives:
young, english, old, british, poor, late, famous, brave

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Similar:
pickpenny, penk, nipperkin, pennyworth, perking, penneth, Pinkey, pelter, Pottinger, porkpie, more...

Phrases:
Perkin Warbeck, william perkin, Perkin reaction, sir william henry perkin, warbeck, perkin, warbeck perkin, perkin sir william henry, perkin synthesis, William Henry Perkin, Richard Scott Perkin, more...

Adjectives:
young, english, old, british, poor, late, famous, brave

Colors:
    mauve,     violet,     purple,     lilac,     lavender, more...



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