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Definition of Bran-new
1. Adjective. Conspicuously new. "A spick-and-span novelty"
Similar to: New
Derivative terms: Brand-newness
Definition of Bran-new
1. Adjective. (archaic) brand new ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bran-new
Literary usage of Bran-new
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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