cinnamon bear

American  

noun

1. a cinnamon-colored variety of the black bear of North America.

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cinnamon bear British  

noun

1. a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear See black bear

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Etymology

Origin of cinnamon bear

First recorded in 1815–25

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cinnamon bear

The cinnamon bear is a U. americanus that wears a reddish brown coat and can look strikingly similar to grizzlies and other brown bears of the species Ursus arctos.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Pet In Carlstadt, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. William Mercoun advertised: "WANTED: a good home for a 600-lb. cinnamon bear; gentle; won't touch beer, bathes regularly."

From Time Magazine Archive

“You no giva coffee, I letta out da bear,” threatened the leader, scrambling up and running to the tree where the cinnamon bear was secured.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Aldridge, Janet

The cinnamon bear of the Sierras, like his blood brother, the New England black bear, is a good-natured fellow.

From Unexplored! by Chaffee, Allen

We laid our hands together so, and swore by the paw of the cinnamon bear and the ear of the tailless cat, to take the part of our brother beasts and birds.

From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley