Brown George
1. † a. A loaf of a coarse kind of brown bread (obs.). b. A hard, coarse biscuit.
| 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 86/1 The blackest and coarsest Bread..is..Brown Bread, or Brown-George. 1694 Echard Plautus 195 This Monarch here must dine to Day with a Brown George, and only Salt & Vinegar Sawce. 1708 Motteux Rabelais iv. Prol. (D.) One musty crust of a brown George. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. |
† 2. A kind of wig. Obs.
| 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg., Jarvis's Wig (D.) [A wig] of the colour of over-baked ginger-bread, one of the description commonly known during the latter half of the last century by the name of a brown George. 1882 Globe 24 July 2/1 The King [George III] wore a brown wig..known popularly a century ago as ‘brown George’. |
3. A brown earthenware vessel. Cf. black Jack.
| 1861 Hughes Tom Brown Oxf. xxiv. (D.) His brown George, or huge earthenware receptacle..in which his bed⁓maker had been washing up his tea-things. 1864 E. Capern Devon Provinc., Brown-George, a chamber utensil made of red clay. 1847–78 Halliwell, Brown-George, a large earthen pitcher. |