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Strong and muscular.

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  • If you eat lots of spinach like Popeye, you should grow up to be big and brawny.
  • The Granite has what I would call a brawny look to it with muscular shoulders, a wide mouth of a grill, and an interior that conveys a solidness in tri-tone color.
  • Also, I lack the upper body strength required to really be considered "brawny".
  • Chrysler is also planning to insert its truck advertisements in or around "brawny" shows like "Ice Road Truckers."
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