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Examples
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But those heavy bones and dense muscles pulled them right through the mire, and their dun-brown coats didn't show mud as badly as Firesong's white dyheli or the Companions-all of which were smeared and splattered up to their bellies.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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It is lighter in colour than a chestnut and a little darker than a donkey but with the same dun-brown softness.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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It is lighter in colour than a chestnut and a little darker than a donkey but with the same dun-brown softness.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Graffiti scrawled in English on the walls of dun-brown buildings bear warnings to British troops: "The Mahdi Army will kill and destroy you," reads one message.
Basra Breakdown 2007
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A smile curved her lips when she spied eight tiny dun-brown ducklings swimming in a wobbly line, following their mother.
Secrets Never Told Rochelle Alers 2003
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But those heavy bones and dense muscles pulled them right through the mire, and their dun-brown coats didn't show mud as badly as Firesong's white dyheli or the Companions-all of which were smeared and splattered up to their bellies.
Winds Of Fury Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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The hills were dun-brown with bare patches, and the fierce little terriers were drab brown.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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The hills were dun-brown with bare patches, and the fierce little terriers were drab brown.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Kumamoto was a town that no doubt in feudal times had been dominated by the stone and mortar castle perched high on a dun-brown hill that in the spring would turn lushly verdant.
The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980
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The grass was all gone, the ground a dark cracked waste lightened only by grey and dun-brown timber stands.
The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977
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