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russet

ruh sit

  • n  a reddish brown homespun fabric
  • s  of brown with a reddish tinge

  • Charlie's Angels a fantasy fashion show masquerading as a cop drama was supposed to be an ensemble, with Fawcett supplementing the soft, russet beauty of Jaclyn Smith and .
  • Those who saw russet-tressed, incandescent Rita Hayworth dance before the movies drafted her knew she was a dancer to partner even the great Astaire.
  • To mark the end of Tibet's annual grand prayer festival, crowds of russet- robed monks ritually parade a statue of the.
News & Articles

  • For coyotes, at least, study finds New Englanders a special breed
    New England coyotes are bigger than their cousins on the Western plains, and often have russet coats. They look more wolflike. Now research suggests this is because they hybridized with wolves as they migrated east over the last century.        
    June 9, 2013 - Boston Globe
Quotes

  • Oliver Cromwell in Socialistworker.co.uk
    As Cromwell argued, "If you choose godly honest men to be captains of horse, honest men will follow them...... I would rather have a plain russet-coated captain who knows what he fights for and loves what he knows than that which you call a...
  • Christopher Kimball in Chicago Sun-Times
    For example, if there's a mashed potato recipe that calls for russet potatoes, it requires russets. Most readers [of cookbooks] can't tell a Yukon gold potato from an all-purpose potato,Kimball says. "It's like putting someone at a piano...

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