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brown

adjective

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as in tanned
having a skin color darkened by the sun It was easy to tell who among the beachgoers worked outside, as their bodies were brown from the sun.

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“Brown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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