adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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big brawny arms
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He had a football player's physique: big head, thick neck, brawny shoulders, and heavy legs.
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The gardener's assistant arrived -- a brawny youth who never said a word.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All night he parades up and down the bar like a brawny old cockerel.
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She had a husband, a great brawny brute of an ex R.A.F. pilot who knocked her about.
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The sun was pouring into the courtyard and his brawny arms glistened with sweat.
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They pictured Soviet women as hammer-throwers, brawny six-footers who work in brick factories.
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Topaz had pictured her as tall and brawny as befitted a martinet.