| 词汇 | corporal violet |
| 词源 | Corporal Violet; Little Corporal. Napoleon Bonaparte, the Little Corporal, who stood barely 5'2", was nicknamed Corpo- ral Violet by his followers after he was banished to Elba and boasted that he would return with the violets. His followers used the question “Do you like violets?” to identify each other. |
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