brown-brown

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Meaning · English

Powdered cocaine or heroin mixed with smokeless gunpowder.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Such bartering in exchange for securing routes is not uncommon; the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters in Sierra Leone regularly consumed crack cocaine and brown-brown (heroin) that were transshipped through their territories.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “brown-brown” mean?

Powdered cocaine or heroin mixed with smokeless gunpowder.

Is “brown-brown” formal or informal?

brown-brown is generally slang.