nutbrown

[ nuht-broun ]

/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.

Nearby words

nut-brown, nut-cracker, nutant, nutate, nutation, nutbrown, nutcase, nutcracker, nutcracker suite, nutgall, nuthatch

Origin of nutbrown

1250–1300; Middle English. See nut, brown

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Examples from the Web for nutbrown

At first, during the autumn days, she had used it for a scamper through the nutbrown woods.
The Girl From Tim's Place|Charles Clark Munn
A snow-white moustache and imperial made his nutbrown complexion appear darker than it really was.
A Set of Six|Joseph Conrad
Sir knight and comrade, hither comes one, no nutbrown maid is she, but the fairest of all fair women in this world.
Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret|Marie De France
It began with the College exercise, and ended with the “Nutbrown Maid.”
The Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore and Pope|Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for nutbrown

nutbrown

/ (ˈnʌtˈbraʊn) /

adjective

of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brownnutbrown hair

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