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iron grey

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noun

    1. a neutral or dark grey colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      iron-grey hair

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A large military band in iron grey overcoats, red berets and golden tassles strikes up the Fledermaus Quadrille by Johann Strauss.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2014

But there was another chap along, with the same iron grey hair, rugged profile and strong delivery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tall, lean, athletic, with neatly combed iron grey hair and blue eyes, he makes a good impression when he addresses the House.

From Time Magazine Archive

He inherited the party and prestige of Turkey's slain strongman, Adnan Menderes, and adroitly harnessed the demirkirat, or iron grey horse, which was the symbol of Menderes' Democratic Party, for his own Justice Party.

From Time Magazine Archive

What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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