Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do it brown

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: do it brown
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”).

Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

""Certainly, my love," was the cheerful reply; "what shall I say to him? That I disapprove of his practising the black art on my toast, and that I shall thank him to do it brown in future?" "If you like to risk the chance, which is almost a certainty, that the man will misunderstand you, for the sake of making a stupid slang pun, I advise you to do so," was the captious reply."
"There are few pleasanter sights than a well-to-do family seated round a well-furnished table; and that was the sight which met his gaze. There was Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Brown, and all the little Browns: they seemed to be doing it brown, even down to the pig, and he looked as brown as any of them."

Usage

Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

does it brown (present, singular) doing it brown (participle, present) did it brown (past) done it brown (participle, past)

Synonyms

do it up brown

Questions

What does do it brown mean?: Synonym of do it up brown (“to do something well or thoroughly”).

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