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Webster 1913 Edition


Brownback

Brown′backˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See
Dowitcher
.

Definition 2024


brownback

brownback

English

Noun

brownback (plural brownbacks)

  1. A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.

Verb

brownback (third-person singular simple present brownbacks, present participle brownbacking, simple past and past participle brownbacked)

  1. To create a rule, regulation, or law only to then violate it.