snuff-colour

My complexion is a bright snuff-colour; my eyes are grey, and unprotected by the usual verandahs of eye-lashes; my nose is _retroussé_, and if it has a bridge, it must be of the suspension order, for it is decidedly concave.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841

Him he found in the person of an old French emigre priest, {21b} a study in snuff-colour and drab with a frill of dubious whiteness, who attended to the accents of a number of boarding-school young ladies.

The Life of George Borrow

The characteristic of the dress of the gentleman was a coat of light blue, or snuff-colour, With brass buttons, the tail reaching nearly to the heels; a gigantic bunch of seals dangled from his fob, whilst his pantaloons were short and tight at the knees; and a spacious waistcoat, with a voluminous muslin cravat and a frilled shirt, completed the toilette.

Reminiscences of Captain Gronow

It is either the tall gentleman, or the gentleman in black, or the gentleman in snuff-colour; or, as in the present instance, the stout gentleman.

Drawing-Room Tales. The Stout Gentleman; The Deserter; and The Broken Heart

It is either the tall gentleman, or the short gentleman, or the gentleman in black, or the gentleman in snuff-colour; or, as in the present instance, the stout gentleman.

Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists

His constant dress, both in winter and summer, was a snuff-colour suit of clothes, blue and white speckled worsted stockings, a plain shirt, and a bob wig.

Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1

a rusty black, whereas in New York there are frequently seen suits of brown, snuff-colour and even of pepper-and-salt.

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