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no brown in town

no brown in town phrase: brown shoes and tweed clothing are acceptable in the countryside but not in the city.

Phrase

no brown in town

  1. (UK, dated) Brown shoes and tweed clothing are acceptable in the countryside but not in the city.

Questions about no brown in town

What does no brown in town mean?
No brown in town means brown shoes and tweed clothing are acceptable in the countryside but not in the city.
What part of speech is no brown in town?
No brown in town is a phrase.

Words near no brown in town in the dictionary

  1. no body, no crime
  2. no bones about it
  3. no borax, no glue
  4. no brainer
  5. no brainers
  6. no brown in town
  7. no bucks, no Buck Rogers
  8. no bueno
  9. no buts
  10. no can do
  11. no cap

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