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hot brown

hot brown noun: an open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.

hot brown: an open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread...
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Noun

hot brown (plural hot browns)

  1. (Southern US) An open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.

Forms of hot brown

pluralhot browns

Origin of hot brown

Originally created at the Brown Hotel (funded and owned by James Graham Brown) in Louisville, Kentucky.

Questions about hot brown

What does hot brown mean?
Hot brown means an open sandwich of turkey and bacon, covered in mornay sauce and baked or broiled until the bread is crisp and the sauce begins to brown.
What part of speech is hot brown?
Hot brown is a noun.
What is the plural of hot brown?
The plural of hot brown is hot browns.

Words near hot brown in the dictionary

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  3. hot bread kitchens
  4. hot bread shop
  5. hot bread shops
  6. hot brown
  7. hot browns
  8. hot bulb
  9. hot bulbs
  10. hot bunk
  11. hot bunked

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