nutbrown

American  

[nuht-braun] / ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

1. dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.

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nutbrown British  

/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

1. of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brown

   nutbrown hair

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Etymology

Origin of nutbrown

1250–1300; Middle English. See nut, brown

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Example Sentences

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nutbrown

Displaying a fresh nutbrown beard, plump, exuberant Author Christopher Morley played Pandarus, a wily, two-timing businessman of Troy, in the Roslyn, L. I. production of his play, The Trojan Horse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shock after news shock smote the sensitive Japanese people last week, made them feel that their Empire is menaced by insidious foes, made them prouder than ever of their nutbrown, nut-hard Army.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The ‘wassail-bowl’ here referred to is the “spicy nutbrown ale” of L’Allegro, 100.

From Milton's Comus by William Bell

A snow-white moustache and imperial made his nutbrown complexion appear darker than it really was.

From A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad

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