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missdaredevil

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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:40 am Post subject: brawn(sorry for posting it twice!)

We�ll see if brains triumph over* brawn* tonight. Bodily strength? Is that commonly used? Thanks Last edited by missdaredevil on Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:16 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Bob S.

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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:26 am Post subject: Re: brawn

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missdaredevil wrote:

We�ll see if brains triumph over* brawn* tonight.

Bodily strength?
Is that commonly used?

Yes, when used with "brains" for the alliterative effect. But not used much outside of that context.

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