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shit-brown

shit-brown noun: a dark brown colour, as of excrement.

Noun

shit-brown (countable and uncountable, plural shit-browns)

  1. (informal, vulgar) A dark brown colour, as of excrement.
    • But being the right shade of khaki or shit-brown is not enough.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 60

Adjective

shit-brown (not comparable)

  1. (vulgar) of a shit brown hue.

Forms of shit-brown

pluralshit-browns

Questions about shit-brown

What does shit-brown mean?
Shit-brown means a dark brown colour, as of excrement.
What part of speech is shit-brown?
Shit-brown can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of shit-brown?
The plural of shit-brown is shit-browns.

Words near shit-brown in the dictionary

  1. shit with
  2. shit yeah
  3. shit-bowl
  4. shit-bowls
  5. shit-brindle
  6. shit-brown
  7. shit-browns
  8. shit-can
  9. shit-canned
  10. shit-canning
  11. shit-cans

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