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dun

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1. dun - Noun

2. dun - Adjective

3. dun - Verb

4. dun - Interjection

6. dun - Adjective Satellite

7. Dun - Proper noun

Meaning

A mound or small hill.

To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.

To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.

One who duns; a dunner.

An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.

Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The children tormented the stuttering teacher Source: Internet

she wore dun Source: Internet

dun codfish Source: Internet

The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone Source: Internet

the dun and dreary prairie Source: Internet

“At Dun Ailinne, the surrounding landscape has many known sites, as shown in the Sites and Monuments record, but it is also surrounded by extensive areas that have not yet been explored and are likely to contain intact archaeological deposits,” she added. Source: Internet

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