brune
Collocations
3ADJ.
blond, dangerous
BRUNE + NOUN
bloomi, way
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Brunette.
By-the-way, we haven’t yet described our favorite Nettie. We will leave details to the reader’s imagination, and only say that she was neither blonde or brune, but a dangerous mixture of both, and able to wear pink or blue with impunity, and look bewitching in either.
When I read of Helen and Cleopatra and Lucretia, and all the beauties of old times, it was always with the notion that each one, blonde or brune, must have looked like Katie Stuart.
noun
A brunette.
This conclusion is dangerous in the extreme; for fashion, and the love of display are two of the most dangerous enemies to woman’s empire, By their imperious laws, the blond, and the brune, the blooming girl, the finished woman, and the widow un peu passee, are all compelled to wear the same livery, whether it be becoming or not.
Yes, I like Sunshine; it’s such fun to hear her talk. And you seem to like that dark-eyed sister of hers—eh, old boy? Well, she’s a very handsome girl, I grant you, but she’s too stately for me; besides, I don’t care for your brunes; tall women haven’t, generally, much fun in them.
name
A surname.
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6By-the-way, we haven’t yet described our favorite Nettie. We will leave details to the reader’s imagination, and only say that she was neither blonde or brune, but a dangerous mixture of both, and abl
WiktionaryWhen I read of Helen and Cleopatra and Lucretia, and all the beauties of old times, it was always with the notion that each one, blonde or brune, must have looked like Katie Stuart.
Wiktionary“[…] Lord Quallinghame, how do you think I should look as Cleopatra? Only fancy what gorgeous colouring you could get out of such a costume! Was Cleopatra blonde or brune, by the way? Not that it matt
WiktionaryThis conclusion is dangerous in the extreme; for fashion, and the love of display are two of the most dangerous enemies to woman’s empire, By their imperious laws, the blond, and the brune, the bloomi
WiktionaryYes, I like Sunshine; it’s such fun to hear her talk. And you seem to like that dark-eyed sister of hers—eh, old boy? Well, she’s a very handsome girl, I grant you, but she’s too stately for me; besid
Wiktionary“[…] I am curious really to know how you get up the steam fresh every time; now with a duchess, and now with a dairymaid, now with a blonde, and now with a brune!” […] he passed him in the vestibule,
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