brownstone

[broun-stohn]

brown·stone

[broun-stohn]
noun
1.
a reddish-brown sandstone, used extensively as a building material.
2.
Also called brownstone front. a building, especially a row house, fronted with this stone.
adjective
3.
Archaic. belonging or pertaining to the well-to-do class.

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Brownstone is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1830–40; brown + stone
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brownstone (ˈbraʊnˌstəʊn)
 
n
1.  a reddish-brown iron-rich sandstone used for building
2.  a house built of or faced with this stone

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