done brown

English

Etymology

See do someone brown.

Adjective

done brown (not comparable)

1. (dated) Thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled.
   • 1840, John William Carleton, The Sporting Review, page 286:

     At the mention of the increased amount of odds, the snob took the youngster aside, and said to him, "Look now, by the book, we have the old man done brown; my horse is dead amiss, your cousin's horse you can beat easy, […]

Anagrams

• borne down, downborne