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done brown en · ADJ

Etymology

See do someone brown.

Meanings

  1. (dated, not-comparable) 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: