snuff-colouredsnuff-coloredadj.
Of the colour of snuff; brown, brownish. Cf. snuff-colour n. at snuff n.3 Compounds 1a.
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wainscot1577
earth-coloured1722
honey-brown1774
snuff-coloured1787
snuffy1789
moorit1795
iron brown1798
umber1802
umbery1850
sienna-brown1853
oily-brown1861
seal-brown1881
tabac1881
glandaceous1885
cigar-brown1895
bead-brown1912
cocoa1942
toffee-brown1961
toffee1962
sludgy1975
1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 129 Snuff-coloured Creeper... The head, neck, and back, are of a deep cinnamon, or snuff-colour.
1803 S. Smith Delphine in Wks. (1859) I. 45 A grave old gentleman, in a peruke and snuff-coloured clothes.
1860 All Year Round 21 July 351 A man in a high and long snuff-coloured coat.
1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 80 Dressed in deep snuff-coloured trousers and loose blouse or coat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1787