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brawn

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1. brawn - Noun

2. brawn - Verb

3. Brawn - Proper noun

Meaning

A muscle; flesh.

Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.

The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.

A boar.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Our girls have learned that sweat is sexy, brawn is beautiful and a little dirt never hurt anyone. Louise Slaughter

In the scale of the destinies, brawn will never weigh so mach as brain. James Russell Lowell

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn. Peter Thomson

Brain is better than brawn. English Proverb

Brain is better than brawn. Spanish Proverb

When brains are needed, brawn won't help. Yiddish Proverb

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