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  • adjective of brown tinged with gold

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Examples

  • As she pressed her cheek against the great arching neck, her golden-brown hair, wet from being under, flowing and tangled, seemed tangled in the black mane of the stallion.

    CHAPTER IX 2010

  • The rest of his face was protected by a thick beard, golden-brown under its coating of frost.

    A DAY'S LODGING 2010

  • He was fairly tall, with straight black hair, crystalline blue eyes, and golden-brown skin that rippled over muscle and sinew.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009

  • A professional nod, but his hand clenched on the top of the chairback beside him, his skin having the warm golden-brown tone of someone whose ancestry appeared to be a mix of Asian and Caucasian.

    Excerpt - Bonds of Justice Nalini Singh 2009

  • Moskin is obsessed with the idea of cheese, admitting her fantasy macaroni is "nothing more than tender elbows of pasta suspended in pure molten cheddar, with a chewy, golden-brown crust of cheese on top."

    How to cook perfect macaroni cheese 2011

  • – β€œHe was fairly tall, with straight black hair, crystalline blue eyes, and golden-brown skin that rippled over muscle and sinew.”

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009

  • He looked at the sturdy, golden-brown puppy, and immediately included it in his reverie.

    CHAPTER XV 2010

  • I really dislike the cookies produced by premade refrigerator cookie dough, so they really don't do anything for me, though the tops are golden-brown dots of cookie that are rather cute.

    Chocolate Cookie Dough Cupcakes 2009

  • Tawny golden was she, with golden-brown eyes, and her hair that fell to her knees was blue-black and straight, with just the curly tendrilly tendency that gives to woman's hair its charm.

    THE PRINCESS 2010

  • A professional nod, but his hand clenched on the top of the chairback beside him, his skin having the warm golden-brown tone of someone whose ancestry appeared to be a mix of Asian and Caucasian.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Nalini Singh 2009

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