butternut (-colo(u)red)

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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adj.

dyed brown with butternut (def. 3).

See: butternut(def. 3)

Quotations

1835

He . . . wore a butternut coloured surtout coat, with a fur collar, all coarse quality.

1889

. . . he stood on the wharf in a butternut coat. . . .

1924

. . . troopers in butternut suits and slouched hats marched off a small batch of us as prisoners.