brawny

adj — 2 senses

brawny

adj

UK /bɹɔːni/ · US /bɹɔni/

Etymology From Middle English brawny; equivalent to brawn + -y.

1

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.
As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

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Once the pressure of the comparatively low-drivered J's was raised to 300 pounds, they ranked as the brawniest of 4-8-4's with a tractive force of 80,000 pounds.1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 68:

2

Calloused; hardened.

Derived terms: brawnily, brawniness

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