The Clue
"Pippa Passes" poet (8 letter answer)
The Answer
BROWNING
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Notes
The answer BROWNING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
BROWNING as a noun:
1. (Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning) = United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
2. (Browning, Robert Browning) = English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889)
3. (Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning) = English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
4. (toasting, browning) = cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
BROWN as a verb:
1. fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"