subfusc

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A pair of subfusc coloured trousers creased and looking absolutely new were presented to him in the same manner.

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  • Nearly all was subfusc, monochrome, and yet so exquisite was the modelling that there was nothing bleak in it; the impression rather was of a chaste, docile luxuriance. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • A pair of subfusc coloured trousers creased and looking absolutely new were presented to him in the same manner. —  The Man Who Lost Himself
  • Collins, an elderly man, quiet, subfusc in hue, tall, sparsely bearded, —  The Man Who Lost Himself
  • "Then, for heaven's sake," said I, "dress her in drabs and greys and subfusc browns. —  The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
  • I was in knickerbockers and khaki shirt; Mifflin in greasy gray flannels and subfusc Norfolk. —  Shandygaff
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  1. Latin subfuscus, brownish : sub-, sub- + fuscus, dark.
 

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/subˈfusk/
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