high-brown

adjective

dated slang, of a black person

: having light-colored skin

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for high-brown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown