done brown

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Etymology

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See do someone brown.

Adjective

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done brown (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
    • 1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286:
      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, []

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