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browny1
adjectivebrowny (comparative more browny, superlative most browny)
comparative more browny · superlative most browny
- Somewhat brown; having a brownish tinge.
His browny locks did hang in crooked curles.
1609, William Shakespeare, A Lover's Complaint2 more examples
As they got nearer to the browny fence they saw that it was a great hedge about eight feet high, made of piled-up thorn bushes.
1906, E. Nesbit, The Story of the Amulet“Pink, browny red,” he repeated, grinning.
2003, Nora Roberts, chapter 3, in Key of Knowledge, →ISBN, page 48
Browny2
proper noun
- A nickname of the surname Brown.
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