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Colorful idioms used in English
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Colorful English!
Word or Phrase:Part of Speech: Idiom or General?:Usage?Restricted?
brown Betty noungeneral commonNo
Meaning:
a dessert of baked apples or apple pudding, bread crumbs, and spices
Example(s):
This brown Betty is really good, thank you.

Note: In many places this is also called apple Betty or apple brown Betty.