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brownings

brownings is the plural of browning.

Meaning of browning

Noun

browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)

  1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
  2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
  3. A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
  4. (Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
    • One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo

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Noun capitalized: Brownings

Brownings

  1. (plural) plural of Browning

Questions about brownings

What is brownings the plural of?
Brownings is the plural of browning.
What part of speech is brownings?
Brownings is a noun.

Words near brownings in the dictionary

  1. browning shot
  2. browning shots
  3. browning up
  4. Browningesque
  5. Browningian
  6. brownings
  7. brownioside
  8. brownish
  9. brownishly
  10. brownishness
  11. Brownism

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