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done brown

done brown adjective: thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.

Adjective

done brown (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Thoroughly 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

Origin of done brown

See do someone brown.

Questions about done brown

What does done brown mean?
Done brown means thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
What part of speech is done brown?
Done brown is an adjective.

Words near done brown in the dictionary

  1. done and dusted
  2. done away with
  3. done battle
  4. done bird
  5. done bits
  6. done brown
  7. done business
  8. done by
  9. done by half-measures
  10. done by halves
  11. done cartwheels

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