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Sunburn   /sˈənbˌərn/   Listen
noun
Sunburn  n.  The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.



verb
Sunburn  v. t.  (past & past part. sunburned or sunburnt; pres. part. sunburning)  To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. "Sunburnt and swarthy though she be."






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"Sunburn" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of the groups, as the shivering negroes passed, and she turned very pale even under the sunburn that browned ...
— The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar

... it is always covered by the little house. The front end and the legs, however, are darker. That's sunburn, I suppose." ...
— Little Busybodies - The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies • Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody

... and let me give you a piece of good news I'm bursting with," and Burns held out his hand for the camera. "You're getting a beautiful sunburn on that ...
— Mrs. Red Pepper • Grace S. Richmond

... things fried in pork fat from the first meal until I got a civilized repast at Frank's house in New York. I was bounced sore. My nose was peeled by sun and cold. My lips were decorated by three large cold-sores. My hands bled constantly from a combination of chap and sunburn. I made up my mind if I ever got safely out of those woods it would be several years at least before I could be persuaded to enter them again. The scenery is lovely, but one cannot enjoy it. The ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, September 1880 • Various

... sunburn. Now he believed the truth of the horrid suspicion which had been fastening on his mind. "But—but," he stammered, "the chap isn't a ...
— The Half-Hearted • John Buchan


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