coffee-colored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of coffee-colored
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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The brown striated cliffs, the Seven Devils to the southeast and coffee-colored mounds closer to the bottom provided a beautiful vista.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
When I pick up my once-quarterly No. 19 at Langer’s, I gaze longingly at the dining room and wonder if I’ll ever get to sit in those cushy coffee-colored booths again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
The initial speculation by experts, including Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency, was that an undersea landslide pushed the wall of coffee-colored water that raced toward the shore.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2018
A machine uses a chemical bath to dissolve protein, blood and fat, leaving only a coffee-colored liquid, powdery bone and any metal implants, like dental fillings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
Although her colorful blue eyes and long yellow curls were in sharp contrast to my murky brown peepers and cropped, coffee-colored hair.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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