Definition of "nut-brown" []

• Brown as a nut long kept and dried. (adjective)

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• "Michael Bryant was a nut-brown necromancer who looked as if he may genuinely have commanded graves to open."
• "The nomad was buttoning on a deep green shirt over his wife-beater as he strode toward the landing, his nut-brown hair hanging in loose, shining waves to his shoulders."
• "Above a square-domed forehead he saw a mop of brown hair, nut-brown, with a wave to it and hints of curls that were a delight to any woman, making hands tingle to stroke it and fingers tingle to pass caresses through it."