Example Sentences

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Browny put a move on Short during the second lap for the lead, but Short wasn�t done out front as he got back by the veteran on lap five.

From Time Magazine Archive

They named the cock Emperor, because he looked so grand and proud; the two white hens they named Fairy and Lily, the black one Jet, and the two speckled ones Browny and Pet.

From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Myrtle, Harriet

Of Browny, mentioned by Martin, nothing has been heard for many years. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

"Worked right along in our sleep--like Old Browny," answered Jack.

From The Voyage of the Rattletrap by Wilder, H. M.

I expect Browny will have to put a dog-collar and chain on him, and drive a stake down in the kitchen-garden to keep him from eating the cabbages when he’s caterpillaring.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville