The Colonel's son had taken a horse; and a raw rough dun was he, With the mouth of a bell and the heart of Hell and the head of a gallows-tree. From LearnThat.org. [Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) British poet. Source: The Ballad of East and West.]
She wore dun. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The dun and dreary prairie. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dun codfish. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Phædrus, in short, dun-colored cape and little hard, round hat slung about his neck, comes out between. From Wordnik.com. [The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921] Reference
With him we went to see an ancient building, called a dun or borough. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
I think the best I ever achieved was "dun," which is a fancy, fun-to-say word for a brownish-gray color. From Wordnik.com. [NYT A1: Sesquipedalian!!!! - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
At nakita namin dun si Sharlene San Pedro. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"There's more space around the word dun, too.". From Wordnik.com. [Scion of Cyador]
I only wan 2 watch english subtitles dun gif me chinese subtitles/voiceover link. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
Pakeh ko sa kaniya yun lang pinuntahan namin dun. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"You dun sabed my life, Jerry!" he declared solemnly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"You dun got to win dat race, suah!" screamed Blumpo. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Where the sunbeams had turned the light hair to dun. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The waters darkened, the dun forest became black and vague. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
"Cunnel, I dun heard you all gone into the liberty business.". From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The girl closed her eyes upon the dusty, dun-colored landscape. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Migte neure diuel witen. ðog he be derne hunte. hu he dun come. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts] Reference
"I dun racken I'll carry my hoss pistol after dis," said Blumpo. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
And your once white and well-kept hands are stained a sober dun. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
And the dun hide glows as if on fire, as he paws to the turmoil. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Accusations, recriminations ... and then (dun-DUNH!) more red sari. From Wordnik.com. [Who are these women?: D.C. "Housewives" recap and fact-check (#1, Aug. 5)] Reference
"Wish I dun had a hoss pistol, I would shoot 'em all full of holes!". From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"Perhaps he dun got scared at dis hoss pistol ob mine," put in Blumpo. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
A monstrous dun-colored cloud marked the course of this new storm-titan. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Cliges, greener than meadow grass, galloping on a dun, long-maned steed. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
In his dun chinos and open collar, he looks more class nerd than class enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Nerd Who Saved Brazil] Reference
It is a waste of any nut grower's time to have to dun a lot of careless people. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
To a career political operator, McKiernan's job may seem dull as the desert dun. From Wordnik.com. [Low-Key Leader] Reference
"I thought I had paid my bill," replied the man, somewhat surprised at this polite dun. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
It was a dire and dun-colored year when groupies wept and autograph seekers put down their pens. From Wordnik.com. [Annals of the Naked Rowdies #3] Reference
Oðer dust oðer deu. ðat he ne cunne is finden. driueð dun to his den. ðar he him bergen wille. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts] Reference
A pall of dun vapor hung over these towns, and the lonely Nancy was glad when the train did not stop. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
The whole face of the ground was overspread with shades, and what the painters of nature call "dun obscurity.". From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales] Reference
Charlotte Boles, whose reply to the query for her age was, "I dun kno '; missus' specks I's eighty, large odd.". From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Sambo: "Huh! She dun shoot back sayin 'dat if it wasn't foh her takin' in washin 'dere wouldn't be any fireside.". From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
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