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brown holland

brown holland noun: unbleached holland linen.

Noun

brown holland (uncountable)

  1. Unbleached holland linen.
    • With a shiver at the thought of the cold blue best room, always in papers and brown holland, Emily took the offered seat by the fire, almost glad she was wet, as it delayed her explanation.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 128
    • There were a great many arm-chairs and settees covered in brown holland […].1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XVII, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about brown holland

What does brown holland mean?
Brown holland means unbleached holland linen.
What part of speech is brown holland?
Brown holland is a noun.

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