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browful en · NOUN

Etymology

From brow + -ful.

Meanings

1. Enough to cover or fill the brow.
   • During these two decades I have lost most of my hair and gained a browful of wrinkles 1946, The Chicago Theological Seminary Register:
   • "Gosh, I coulda had six V8s!" he said, grinning to himself, as he wiped a browful of sweat on a rumpled sleeve. 1998, Eric Lee, Ill Conceived, page 6:
   • But even Rodman's quip had no effect on Howard's browful of thought. 1996, Robert DiChiara, Alibis, page 99:
   • A browful of horns ripped through peagreen minty foliage. 2011, Ian Watson, Lucky's Harvest: Mana:

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