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brown coat [¦brau̇n ¦kōt] (materials) Mortar with about 1 to 1½ bushels (35 to 53 liters) of hair per 200 pounds (91 kilograms) quicklime; used to make a brown coat of plaster, which is covered with a finish coat, and often covers a scratch coat. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then she recalled the thin, terribly thin figure of Petrov, with his long neck, in his brown coat, his scant, curly hair, his questioning blue eyes that were so terrible to Kitty at first, and his painful attempts to seem hearty and lively in her presence. His bald head and white cravat, the ruffling of his shirt, his flowing brown coat, the manner in which he took snuff, his whole person, in fact, produced in her the kind of awe which we feel when we see extraordinary persons. You dragged at my brown coat so that it is all torn and full of holes, you clumsy creatures |
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