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Nobody accepts a little piece in any colour (3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

non-white

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'piece in any colour' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'nobody accepts a little' is the wordplay.
'nobody' becomes 'none' (not a single person).
'accepts' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a little' becomes 'whit' (I've seen this before).
'none' going around 'whit' is 'NON-WHITE'.

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