What does bran-new mean?
Bran-new means Archaic form of brand new..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Archaic form of brand new..
But scorning rest, upon his reappearance, he instantly began again, though there were no dancers yet, as if the other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter, and he were a bran-new man resolved to beat him out of sight, or perish.
We got an old tin lantern, and a butcher-knife without any handle, and a bran-new Barlow knife worth two bits in any store, […]
They were rabbits like himself, but quite furry and bran-new. They must have been very well made, for their seams didn't show at all, […]
Use bran-new when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bran-new means Archaic form of brand new..
Common synonyms include new, spick-and-span, brand-new, spic-and-span.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But scorning rest, upon his reappearance, he instantly began again, though there were no dancers yet, as if the other fiddler had been carried home, exhausted, on a shutter, and he were a bran-new man resolved to beat him out of sight, or perish.
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