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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
brawn .
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Examples
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I think you are right that importing a bunch of "brawns" helps both the imported brawns and the native "brains."
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Scouts were colloquially known as 'brawns' as opposed to their ship 'brains'.
The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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Scouts were colloquially known as 'brawns' as opposed to their ship 'brains'.
the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969
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It has now been Gersen's life to see the end of these creatures, and he will use all his brains and brawns to put them six feet under the ground.
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Heer ar sum hash brawns an toest tew go wiv it, an a liddel bowl uv sordid froots.
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Then, given democracy, it does no good to tell the brawns that they would be earning $20k if kept out.
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Instead, your most recent post seems to be arguing that comparative advantage is great, but improving everyone is even better or adding more brains has to be at least as good as adding more brawns if brains are absolutely better than brawns.
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This assumption also brings a problem to the Comparative Advantage, because it distorts the available work and the division between the brainies and the brawns.
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Jason Statham is Bacon, the brawns of the operation, the street hustler, and Dexter Fletcher is Soap, the straightest of the lot who works as a chef and strives for cleanliness.
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Assume further that both sides are Pareto improved by trading together but that incomes of the two groups remain disparate with the brains averaging $50k per year and the brawns $25k.
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