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Definition of Bran-new

1. Adjective. Conspicuously new. "A spick-and-span novelty"

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bran-new

bramble bush bramble bush bramblier brambliest brambling brambling bramblings brambly brame brames

Bramidae Bramley's Seedling Bram Stoker bran bran bran-new (current term) brancard brancards branch branch

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Literary usage of Bran-new

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1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Afterwards applied to all things new, as we now say, with less evident meaning, bran-new ; which, however, is explained brand- new. ..."

2. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"CHAPTER II. THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE. MRS. AND MBS. VENEERING were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. ..."

3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people, in a bran-new house, in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneering» was spick and span new. ..."

4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people, in a bran-new house, ... were as newly married as was lawfully compatible with their having a bran-new baby. ..."

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