Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the color of prepared seal-fur.
- noun The rich dark brown of the dressed and dyed fur of the fur-seal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
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Examples
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He went upstairs to put on his slippers — his elegant slippers of seal-brown, shaped like medieval shoes.
Babbit 2004
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His sleek seal-brown hair was frosted at the temples; when Hazeltine accused him of bringing this about by artifice, he had grinned and not denied it.
A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1974
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But his bonnet was tilted more rakishly on his seal-brown hair than a strict interpretation of rules would have allowed; his frame was draped in a fantastic glittergold version of dress tunic and snowy trousers tucked into handmade beefleather half-boots; the cloak that fluttered behind him glowed with phosphorescent patterns through the chill dusk; and while he strolled, he sang a folk ballad concerning the improbable adventures of a Highland tinker.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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The glow picked out his face, long, narrow, with high cheekbones and gray eyes, seal-brown hair and straight nose.
Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965
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"You are looking charming, dear; that seal-brown velvet fits you exquisitely."
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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The horse, a big, splendid seal-brown animal, had fallen on its right side, with its off fore-leg plunged deep in a snow-filled badger-hole.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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Shorn of the thick, seal-brown winter hair, the brand was now plainly visible.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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But there was no depth in his seal-brown eyes which always seemed to brood; no decision in any move of his ponderous body.
Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans
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He went upstairs to put on his slippershis elegant slippers of seal-brown, shaped like medieval shoes.
Chapter 7 1922
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He went upstairs to put on his slippers -- his elegant slippers of seal-brown, shaped like medieval shoes.
Babbitt 1922
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