English Explanatory Dictionary

brown goods

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. consumer electronics equipment for entertainment, such as televisions and music centres
  2. unbleached cotton textiles
  3. spirits which are brown in colour, such as whiskey

Word forms

brown goods

Etymology

From their colour. Consumer electronics equipment formerly had a brown wooden veneer.

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