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Search phrase: dun

Plays

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Henry VH5 IV.iv.56entre les mains d'un chevalier, je pense, le plus brave,entre les main d'vn Cheualier Ie peuse le plus braue
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.197Of Dun Adramadio, Dun Adramadio.Of Dun Adramadio, Dun Adramadio.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.41If thou art Dun, we'll draw thee from the mireIf thou art dun, weele draw thee from the mire.

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SonnetsSonn.130.3 If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If snow be white, why then her brests are dun:

Glossary

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dundark, murky, gloomy
dungrey-brown
dun[proverbial] keep quiet, be still
Dunhorse's name [involving the lifting of a log ‘horse’ in a Christmas game called ‘drawing dun out of the mire’]

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DUNBASICdun adj, dun-coloured adj

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