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Ceylon
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Definition:1. former name for Sri Lanka (pre-1972)2. tea from Sri Lanka
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Prince George: Your tea, sir.
Wellington: You're late! Where the hell have you been for it, India?
Blackadder: Or Ceylon?
BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Duel and Duality
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Past that was a wonderful green, orange, yellow, and purple banner, showing a lion holding a sword. It was the flag of Ceylon.
Kurt Vonnegut. The Sirens of Titan (1959)
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It is therefore realised on all sides that however often Persia, or Egypt, or Java or Ceylon may change hands, the main frontiers must never be crossed by anything except bombs.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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