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A brilliant red colour derived from coal-tar, named in commemoration of the battle of Magenta, which was fought in 1859.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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