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adjective
- of a brownish, tawny colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted
- 1904: And there, in the middle of it was the man himself"his face twisted like a lost soul in torment, and his great beard stuck upwards in his agony. " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of Black Peter" (Norton 2005, p.982)
Etymology: An alteration of brinded, probably by association with speckled, grizzled etc.
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