nutbrown

American  

[nuht-broun] / ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

1. dark brown, as many nuts when ripe.

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nutbrown British  

/ ˈnʌtˈbraʊn /

adjective

1. of a brownish colour, esp a reddish-brown

   nutbrown hair

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Etymology

Origin of nutbrown

1250–1300; Middle English. See nut, brown

Example Sentences

Shock after news shock smote the sensitive Japanese people last week, made them feel that their Empire is menaced by insidious foes, made them prouder than ever of their nutbrown, nut-hard Army.

From Time Magazine Archive

Displaying a fresh nutbrown beard, plump, exuberant Author Christopher Morley played Pandarus, a wily, two-timing businessman of Troy, in the Roslyn, L. I. production of his play, The Trojan Horse.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Nutbrown maids and nutbrown men, all clear-washed, loud-laughing, bedizened and beribanded; who came for dancing, for treating, and if possible, for happiness.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Brownie,—that's all my own name for you,—isn't it, you nutbrown maid!

From Patty and Azalea by Wells, Carolyn