Meaning of do someone brown | Babel Free

Definitions

To deceive someone thoroughly; to take in completely.

dated, slang

Examples

“How could he be safe against Master Dickey doing him brown?”

“His only defeats were sustained in the Caulfield Guineas, when Malt King put him down, and the same horse “did him brown”– over a mile only each time, mark you—in the All Aged Stakes at Flemington.”

“James Howden dropped into an upholstered wing chair. “They certainly did us brown last night,” he remarked. “You’d think if they are making a switch, being considerate and so on, they’d be a bit more subtle.””

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