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词汇	yale blue
词源	Yale blue; Yale lock. Yale blue, a reddish blue, takes its name from the Yale University colors. It is the royal blue of the Egyp- tian Rameses dynasty, also called Rameses. Yale lock has no connection with the school. American inventor Linnus Yale (1821–68) invented numerous locks, including the trade- marked key type with a revolving barrel that bears his name. Linnus founded a company to manufacture locks at Stamford, Connecticut the same year that he died.
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