tan-coloured

• “She opened the door, only her head appearing at first, her hair a wild explosion of tan-coloured, tight corkscrew curls.”

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• “No birds visit now and the tan-coloured leaves shaped like saw-toothed hearts hang limp.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire

• “Boy in Black keeps asking me questions: Do you've a tan-coloured shirt that would fit me?”

  Costume-making frenzy

• “Dust blowzes over the road in spectral tan-coloured folds.”

  Archive 2007-08-01

• “And then she did come, running down in her tan-coloured frock and black velvet cap, and passed him into the drawing-room.”

  To Let

• “A youth with tan-coloured hair, that needed clipping very badly, came shuffling along between the machines, bearing a basket of leather findings under his left arm, and pressed against his stomach.”

  Sister Carrie

• “Her grey fur collar was open, showing her soft throat and pale green dress, her little, plaited tan-coloured hat came down to her ears, round her soft, fresh face.”

  The Virgin and the Gypsy

• “He was wearing a tan-coloured leather safari jacket, tight white trousers, and an opennecked shirt.”

  Mortal Causes

• “Walked down the ramp onto the quiet tan-coloured riding-school floor.”

  Whip Hand

• “The floor, wall to wall, was covered with a thick layer of tan-coloured wood chippings, springy and quiet for horses to work on.”

  Whip Hand

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