Both Uses of
auburn
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Lingering and musing here, he heard the steps of a horse at the foot of the hill, and soon there appeared in view an auburn pony with a girl on its back, ascending by the path leading past the cattle-shed.†
Chpt 1-3
- The nearer boughs were beaded with the mist to the greyness of aged men, and the rusty-red leaves of the beeches were hung with similar drops, like diamonds on auburn hair.†
Chpt 40-42 *
Definition:
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(auburn) (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown