brumous

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He spent six months in London, which may or may not account for his brumous colour; and in 1879, when he was thirty years old, he exposed in the Salon of that year his Young Mother, the first of a long series of Maternities.

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  • He spent six months in London, which may or may not account for his brumous colour; and in 1879, when he was thirty years old, he exposed in the Salon of that year his Young Mother, the first of a long series of Maternities. —  Promenades of an Impressionist
  • But nobody has blown away from the matter its brumous encompassment and let in the light upon it It is very simple. —  The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909
  • You can hear wild fowl calling far up in the brumous smother which hides the lift. —  Patsy
  • cried the milliner The blond misses of Albion see nothing in the dull inhabitants of their brumous isle, which can compare with the ardour and vivacity of the children of the South. —  The History of Pendennis
  • She had been even prettier than he had thought her yesterday, on her silver-roan, long-tailed 'palfrey'; and it seemed to him, self-critical in the brumous October gloaming and the outskirts of London, that only his boots had shone throughout their two-hour companionship. —  Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works
 

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