brune
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Musset produced a certain "Ballade à la Lune" which began— C'était dans la nuit brune Sur le clocher jauni, La lune Comme un point sur un i!
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
Un hebbt wi nix as brune Per, Jehann, so is't ok gut!
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
The brune goddess shaped ironic lips: "Chauffeurs', I presoom?"
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William
He's hans' so small, ma'amzelle, lak you's, mais brune.
From The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore
She was at once dark and fair—la blonde et la brune!
From Much Darker Days by Lang, Andrew
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