Usually means: Lung disease from cotton dust.
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  1. brown lung: Merriam-Webster
  2. brown lung: Wiktionary
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  1. brown lung: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (brown lung)

noun:  (medicine) Byssinosis, an occupational lung disease caused by exposure to cotton dust.

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