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brown thumbs

brown thumbs is the plural of brown thumb.

Meaning of brown thumb

Noun

brown thumb (plural brown thumbs)

  1. (idiomatic) A lack of skill at growing plants; a poor gardening skill.
    • I have a terrible brown thumb. I could probably kill silk flowers.
    Antonyms:
    green thumb

Questions about brown thumbs

What is brown thumbs the plural of?
Brown thumbs is the plural of brown thumb.

Words near brown thumbs in the dictionary

  1. brown teal
  2. brown teals
  3. brown thrasher
  4. brown thrashers
  5. brown thumb
  6. brown thumbs
  7. brown tinamou
  8. brown tinamous
  9. brown towhee
  10. Brown Township
  11. brown trout

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