Definitions
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- adjective informal Resembling or characteristic of a
chestnut .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I could've told him his pants were too baggy or his hair was too chestnutty, or any other far-fetched reason why we shouldn't get serious, but I've come to the conclusion that some people are simply attached by one long chain link to their past.
Kinesiology billy robinson 2010
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Potimarron - Bright orange, onion-shaped variety with a slight chestnutty flavour.
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I do think a chestnutty brown looks spectacular as an accent with turquoise, though.
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Potimarron - Bright orange, onion-shaped variety with a slight chestnutty flavour.
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I should have, myself, always called its foot 'chestnutty,' from the shape of its lobes.
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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Arquatella's feet are not chestnutty, she had better go with her own kind in our notes on them.
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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The curators might have dug deeper into the Whitney's Hopper vastness for a few more-unfamiliar, less-chestnutty works than some of those here.
NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2010
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The curators might have dug deeper into the Whitney's Hopper vastness for a few more-unfamiliar, less-chestnutty works than some of those here.
NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2010
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Miley Cyrus, the chestnutty star of Hannah Montana, is in New York today!
Gawker 2009
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The stunning magenta-and-white-flecked Peruvian beans make a terrific, chestnutty side dish.
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