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brought-on

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(brôton, -ôn)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
brought-on  (brôton, -ôn),USA pronunciation adj. [Chiefly South Midland U.S.]
  1. Dialect Termsmade or bought outside the community, as a commercially manufactured product.
  2. Dialect Terms(of a person) not belonging to the community;
    outside:They hired themselves a brought-on man from Michigan.

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