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  • adjective of brown tinged with red

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Examples

  • Then she had been merely chunky, now she was decidedly obese, balanced on her stool like a pear upon a thimble, and her once glossy mahogany-red hair had become ragged and gnarled, like rusted steel wool.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • He turned toward Ayrlyn, whose brown hair had become a fiery red, not orange-red or mahogany-red, but like living flame.

    Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996

  • As Bob fell silent again for several seconds, she removed the broad-brimmed hat which shielded her rather pale skin from the sun, and let her mahogany-red hair blow free.

    Through The Eye Of A Needle Clement, Hal, 1922- 1978

  • There was no name plate on that mahogany-red door; there didn't need to be.

    A Spaceship Named McGuire Randall Garrett 1957

  • When ripe, the beans are large, not regular in form, rather thin, of a violet-red color, changing by age to a mahogany-red; the size and shape being intermediate between the Long Pod and Broad Windsor.

    The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Fearing Burr

  • One night the forest was fairly green, but early risers next morning found that in the darkness while they slept the hickories had been touched to gold, the oaks smitten with a promise of the glowing mahogany-red which was to be theirs.

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

  • He smiled at the hau tree above him, and the tree showered him with mahogany-red blossoms that had been yellow when he retired for the night.

    Charlie Chan Carries On Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1930

  • "Purple Springs" was even mentioned, and when the track was extended from Millford west, and a mahogany-red station built, with a tiny freight shed of the same color, the name of Purple Springs in white letters was put on each end of the station.

    Purple Springs 1921

  • A dark mahogany-red stained his face to the forehead and he looked at Chrystie with a lowering challenge.

    Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Geraldine Bonner 1900

  • He was a tall man, broad-shouldered, lean and muscular; yet so far from being thin and dark, he was spare rather from physical exercise than through gaunt habit of body; his complexion was ruddy and sun-colored, and the long mustache hanging across his jaws showed a deep mahogany-red.

    The Law of the Land Emerson Hough 1890

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