nigger-brown

noun 1adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

left, rich

VERB + NIGGER-BROWN

knitting, shades, tiled

NIGGER-BROWN + NOUN

briquettes, jumper, sigrid's

PREP.

from, with

Definitions

noun

A dark brown color.

Looking at the slight naked figures of various shades from Ng-Gunko's nigger-brown to Sigrid's rich cream, […] I felt that I had strayed into an island of goblins.

adj

Having a dark brown colour.

She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful.

Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes.

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Example Bank

Looking at the slight naked figures of various shades from Ng-Gunko's nigger-brown to Sigrid's rich cream, […] I felt that I had strayed into an island of goblins.

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She is on the sofa, knitting a nigger-brown jumper which looks as if it will be quite successful.

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Fireplace, AT LEFT, tiled with nigger-brown briquettes.

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The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory. The modern sofa built on classical lines is covered in nigger brown striped moire and fringed all round with brown and

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