noun
Meaning 1
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
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Standard Lemma guide
brownback
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CMU ARPABET: B R AW1 N B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
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noun
Meaning 3
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
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History
Etymology
From brown + back.