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golden-brown en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, usually) Alternative form of golden brown.
   alt of golden brown
   • The room was still overpowerfully rose-coloured though the last of the sunshine glimmered amber at the windows, catching Mirabel’s long thin legs and turning them golden-brown. 1988, M[argaret] R[eid] D[uncan] Meek, chapter 25, in A Mouthful of Sand (Lennox Kemp; 7), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1989, →ISBN, page 190:
   • Half a century later, the hot chicken is ubiquitous – sold everywhere from upmarket specialty shops to supermarkets, golden-brown and glistening with fat. 2022 July 13, Natascha Mirosch, “Six ways with rotisserie chicken: pies, fries, and toasties”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022:
   • In the 1920s, Coco Chanel hopped on the Duke of Westminster’s yacht for a holiday on the Riviera and returned to Paris with a tan, thereby popularizing the golden-brown look. 2013 August 18, Julie Bosman, “Concrete Beach”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2013:

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