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brawn

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

brawn Made from pig meat, particularly the head, boiled with peppercorns and herbs, minced and pressed into a mould. Mock brawn (head cheese) differs in that other meat by‐products are used. A 150‐g portion is a rich source of protein; a good source of niacin and iron; contains 18 g of fat; supplies 230 kcal (960 kJ).

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brawn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

brawn fleshy part, muscle; flesh of the boar or swine, now esp. as collared, boiled, etc. XIV. — AN. braun, OF. braon fleshy part, esp. of the hind leg — Gmc. *brādon (OHG. brāto, G. braten roast flesh; Cf. *synon. OE. brǣde, and brǣdan roast); prob. ult. rel. to BREATH, BROOD.

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brawn

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

brawn / brôn/ • n. physical strength in contrast to intelligence: commando work required as much brain as brawn. ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French braon ‘fleshy part of the leg,’ of Germanic origin; related to German Braten ‘roast meat.’

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brawn

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

brawn •adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, horn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, porn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn •airborne • Ayckbourn • seaborne •Eastbourne • stillborn • highborn •Osborne • winterbourne •waterborne • firstborn • Apeldoorn •althorn • hartshorn • leghorn •greenhorn • bighorn • inkhorn •tinhorn • foghorn • longhorn •shorthorn • shoehorn • Flügelhorn •bullhorn • alpenhorn • Matterhorn •acorn • seedcorn • sweetcorn •barleycorn • unicorn • Capricorn •leprechaun • tricorne • einkorn •popcorn • Runcorn • peppercorn •lovelorn • frogspawn • wire-drawn •wartorn • blackthorn • hawthorn •careworn • time-worn • shopworn •toilworn

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