nutbrown
[ nuht-broun ]
/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /
adjective
dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.
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Words nearby nutbrown
nut sedge, nut weevil, nutant, nutate, nutation, nutbrown, nutcase, nutcracker, nutcracker suite, nutgall, nuthatch
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Example sentences 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 MunnA snow-white moustache and imperial made his nutbrown complexion appear darker than it really was.
A Set of Six|Joseph ConradSir 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 FranceIt began with the College exercise, and ended with the “Nutbrown Maid.”
British Dictionary definitions for nutbrown
nutbrown
/ (ˈnʌtˈbraʊn) /
adjective
of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brownnutbrown hair
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