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iron grey

British  

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

The heavy sense of menace is reinforced by John Bury's fine sets�bare and iron grey, with great metallic walls that open or shut to enlarge or enclose the action.

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

You see that man with the iron grey hair and iron jaw�rather a fine figure �that is Senator Jim Reed, a Democrat.

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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