Browning

Definitions

1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
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2. A surname from Old English.
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3. Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
4. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
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5. A person of that surname.
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6. Robert Browning, a poet.
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7. Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
8. A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
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9. John Browning, a firearms designer.
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10. A brown-skinned person.
    Jamaica, countable
11. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
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12. A placename
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13. A number of places in the United States:
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14. An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
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15. A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
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16. A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
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17. A town in Glacier County, Montana.
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18. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
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19. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
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20. A place in Canada:
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21. A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
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22. A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
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23. An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System
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Equivalents

Examples

“One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings”

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