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bran-new

We got an old tin lantern, and a butcher-knife without any handle, and a bran-new Barlow knife worth two bits in any store, ...


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  • Bran-new — a. See {Brand new}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bran-new — adjective conspicuously new shiny brand new shoes a spick and span novelty • Syn: ↑brand new, ↑spic and span, ↑spick and span • Similar to: ↑new …   Useful english dictionary

  • bran-new — • brand new • bran new adj As new or fresh as when just made and sold by the manufacturer; showing no use or wear. He had taken a brand new car from the dealer s floor and wrecked it. In Uncle Tom s trunk, we found a wedding ring, still in its… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bran-new — a. See brand new …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • bran new — Adj. Excellent, respectable. Scottish/Glasgow use …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • Bran Castle — ( de. Törzburg; hu. Törcsvár), situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on Highway 73. Commonly known as …   Wikipedia

  • Bran Mak Morn — is a hero of several pulp fiction short stories by Robert E. Howard. In the stories, most of which were first published in Weird Tales , Bran is the last king of Howard s romanticized version of the tribal race of Picts.Howard s history of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Bran the Blessed — (Welsh: Bendigeidfran, literally Blessed Crow ) is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. He appears in several of the Welsh Triads, but his most significant role is in the Second Branch of the Mabinogion , Branwen, daughter of Llyr . He …   Wikipedia

  • Bran Ardchenn — mac Muiredaig (died 795) was a King of Leinster of the Uí Muiredaig sept of the Uí Dúnlainge branch of the Laigin. He was the son of Muiredach mac Murchado (died 760), a previous king. [Byrne, Table 9; Charles Edwards, Appendix XVII] This sept… …   Wikipedia

  • bran-fire-new — see under brand new …   Useful english dictionary

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