brown

  • 71Brown — Recorded in many spellings from Brown, Broune, and De Bruyn, to Brauner, Bruni and Brunet, this ancient and prolific surname derives, from a pre 7th century Germanic and Anglo Saxon word brun or the Olde Norse personal name Bruni . Originally… …

    Surnames reference

  • 72brown — braÊŠn n. color brown; suntan; half penny (coin) v. make brown, make golden; fry, saute adj. having a brown coloring; suntanned; thoughtful, pensive …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 73brown —    1. the anus    Usually in the derisive phrase in your brown:     Yeh do in your brown, said Anto. He asked yeh do yeh drink in the Hikers, not do yeh sit on the wall outside. (R. Doyle, 1991)    2. to sodomize    The imagery needs no… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 74brown — I. n 1. American the anus. In this sense the word is probably an abbreviation of brown eye. in/up the brown 2. British a ten pound note or an amount of £10, from the colour of the banknote 3. British a cigarette, almost invariably used in the… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 75brown — adjective she has brown eyes Syn: hazel, chocolate colored, coffee colored, cocoa colored, nut brown; brunette; sepia, mahogany, umber, burnt sienna; beige, buff, tan, fawn, camel, café au lait, caramel, chestnut …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 76brown — 1. adjective 1) brown eyes Syn: hazel, chocolate, coffee, brunette, sepia, mahogany, tan, café au lait, caramel, chestnut 2) his face was brown from the sun Syn: tanned …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 77brown — See: DO UP BROWN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 78brown — See: DO UP BROWN …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 79Brown — I. biographical name Charles Brockden 1771 1810 American novelist II. biographical name Ford Madox 1821 1893 English painter III. biographical name George 1818 1880 Canadian (Scottish born) journalist & politician IV. biographical name Herbert… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 80BROWN — William C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa (informationswissenschaftl. Veoeffentlichungen) …

    Acronyms