Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A brown so dark that it is nearly black.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the standout is the full length 1861 portrait of a little boy, "Le Petit Lange," formally dressed in brownish-black against a simple brown background, with a black hat, gray spats, ruddy cheeks and shining black-brown eyes.
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It looked angry and vengeful, the long, black-brown stinger poised and ready to strike.
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On Sunday when Dolly awakened, she had olive skin and black-brown hair that fell in waves to her hips.
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Her free hand ran through her slightly knotted hair, capturing the stray black-brown strings at her knuckles.
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This assistance actually arose out of the SWU, SWOP and Echo South x Southwest Experiment that focused on building black-brown bridges across the south and southwest.
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Another sighting of large ( "bigger than a labrador") black-brown feline in Australia here.
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It made for black-brown shadows — under the folding metal chair, behind the machines that lit up and beeped.
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The uppermost layer was a deep black-brown, the one below an anemic yellow-tan.
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A crow flew overhead, its black-brown wing feathers making a textured hiss as they cut the air.
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And guess what - it was a pro-Obama ad trying to appeal to a black-brown coalition in NV that said Hillary doesn't respect Latinos.
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