Meanings
adjectivedone brown (not comparable)
- datednot comparableThoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
At the mention of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look now, by the book, we have the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat easy, […]
1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286
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