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adj. - Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed, but still no joy.
  • Painted like bears, and wolves, and brinded tigers.
  • Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed, and now she threatens to have me up before the matron.
  • It is not a commonly used word and the only definition I can find for brinded is, "gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots."
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