briquette

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Monika tells him affectionately that he is getting as dark as a "briquette," while she is as white as flour.

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  1. noun A block of compressed coal dust, charcoal, or sawdust and wood chips, used for fuel and kindling.

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  1. French, diminutive of brique, brick, from Middle Dutch bricke.
 

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