Both Uses
auburn
in
Sweet Far Thing
(Edited)
- Miss Trimble is a compelling creature with thick waves of auburn hair that cascade down the back of her purple cloak.
Chpt 2auburn = reddish-brown
- The long, flowing hair was only a wig; her true hair—a muted auburn—she wears in a simple braid.
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(auburn as in: auburn hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown -- especially of hair
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(2)
(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, as a proper noun (capitalized), Auburn is the name of an important university and city in Alabama, and of various cities in the USA and elsewhere in the world.