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Brown bess

noun, slang

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  1. 1
    The British Army's Land Pattern Musket or any of its derivatives, standard-issue weapons for British soldiers in the American Revolution. informal

Etymology

From an archaic meaning of brown, meaning plain or ordinary, and Bess, a nickname for Elizabeth associated with the lower class and prostitutes.

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