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There were Chanel cutoff jeans in bright-colored denim for $400 and quilted bags in traditional blue denim that the staff whispered would be fobbed off on the Japanese; her tasteful suits were in clingy stretch fabric, or shown in terry cloth for the beach, and worn with Minnie Mouse platform heels with cork soles.
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- adjective Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; shining.
- adjective Comparatively high on the scale of brightness.
- adjective Full of light or illumination: a bright sunny day; a stage bright with spotlights.
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There were Chanel cutoff jeans in bright-colored denim for $400 and quilted bags in traditional blue denim that the staff whispered would be fobbed off on the Japanese; her tasteful suits were in clingy stretch fabric, or shown in terry cloth for the beach, and worn with Minnie Mouse platform heels with cork soles.
— Kaiser Karl: Behind the Mask -
Settled on one of the room’s couches, upholstered in bright-yellow embroidered silk, she is trying to recall as best she can the family’s history.
— Bitter Spoils -
/She yanks my freckles, my towhead out of hiding,/smearing my body in bright orange paint and profanity,/flinging open my cupboards and sneering,/What's in the shoebox?
— I Have to go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl -
Know me by the light of a fire shinin 'bright,
— No Other Name -
When the stars ain't shinin 'bright,
— Soulshine
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- Middle English, from Old English beorht; see bherəg- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (brīt)/
ahd pronounces "bright"
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