From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbrawnybrawn‧y /ˈbrɔːni $ ˈbrɒː-/ adjective STRONG PERSONvery large and strong His brawny arms glistened with sweat.
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brawny• The sun was pouring into the courtyard and his brawny arms glistened with sweat.• big brawny arms• Topaz had pictured her as tall and brawny as befitted a martinet.• She had a husband, a great brawny brute of an ex R.A.F. pilot who knocked her about.• All night he parades up and down the bar like a brawny old cockerel.• He had a football player's physique: big head, thick neck, brawny shoulders, and heavy legs.• They pictured Soviet women as hammer-throwers, brawny six-footers who work in brick factories.• The gardener's assistant arrived -- a brawny youth who never said a word. 