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chestnut

noun as in auburn

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Known as a 'false autumn' - the leaves on some trees such as horse chestnut have already turned brown and dropped in response to the stress of drought.

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“I don’t want to lose a finger,” Marc said as a chestnut horse nuzzled his palm.

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Kwon, 30, handily won with a chestnut tiramisu whipped together from chestnuts, milk, coffee and a package of biscuits.

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Danger, a chestnut quarter horse with a white blaze down his face and a deep copper coat, was born the same summer Hunter first wore an Auburn jersey.

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How much longer would the world have black Spanish pigs, fed nothing but acorns and chestnuts?

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