brought-on

[ brawt-on, -awn ]

/ ˈbrɔtˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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adjective Chiefly South Midland U.S.

made or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.

(of a person) not belonging to the community; outside: They hired themselves a brought-on man from Michigan.

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How to use brought-on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
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Under so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
There were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

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