English Explanatory Dictionary

brownback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
  2. A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
  3. A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.

Word forms

brownback brownbacks

Etymology

From brown + back.

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