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Dark-brown   /dɑrk-braʊn/   Listen
Dark-brown

adjective
1.
Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.  Synonyms: brown, brownish, chocolate-brown.






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"Dark-brown" Quotes from Famous Books



... coveted deep down in their artistic souls. It never knew a dull instant; there was expression in every lineament, in every look; life, genuine life, dwelt in the mobile countenance that turned the head of every man and woman who looked upon it. Her hair was dark-brown and abundant; her eyes were a deep gray and looked eagerly from between long lashes of black; her lips were red and ever willing to smile or turn plaintive as occasion required; her brow was broad and fair, and her frown was as dangerous as a smile. As to her ...
— Beverly of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... was tall and muscular, with a bushy black beard, deep gray eyes and a heavy mass of dark-brown hair. ...
— The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler - or, Working for the Custom House • Francis W. Doughty

... is a dark-brown powder. It yields with hydrochloric acid the chloride of lead and chlorine gas. When heated it liberates oxygen, and ...
— A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe • Anonymous

... boy wanted 'em! I won't wear 'em! I will give 'em to the poor boy!" screamed Archibald, furious, scowling, struggling in the restraining hold of his nurse. He was a robust, thick-set child of four years, with a thatch of dark-brown hair, and strange near-sighted brown eyes, behind spectacles which he had worn from the ...
— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow

... that each kind of recognition, specific and individual, takes place by a consciousness of likeness amid unlikeness. It is obvious that a new individual object has characters not shared in by other objects previously inspected. Thus, we at once class a man with a dark-brown skin, wearing a particular garb, as a Hindoo, though he may differ in a host of particulars from the other Hindoos that we have observed. In thus instantly recognizing him as a Hindoo, we must, it is plain, attend to the points of similarity, and overlook for the ...
— Illusions - A Psychological Study • James Sully


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