The story is that Solie became the Brawny guy when his father, artist John Solie, updated the packaging in the early 1980s. He used his son's face, but aged him. "Each line on the face, he sort of deepened it," Solie says. "Now that I'm 37, I look a lot more like it.

physically strong and with big muscles: He was a big brawny man with huge hands.

As mascots go, the Brawny Man has always been kind of a weird one. He's been a barrel-chested avatar of masculinity in a lumberjack shirt–sometimes with a Tom Selleck mustache, sometimes without–bearing, er, a roll of paper towels.

/ˈbrɔni/ Someone brawny is bulky and muscular. Most football players are brawny. Brawn refers to muscles and physical strength: people often contrast brains and brawn.

adjective,brawn·i·er, brawn·i·est. muscular; strong.

physically strong and with big muscles: He was a big brawny man with huge hands.

The first Halloween costume on our list is the Brawny Man. He wears a simple outfit of a red plaid shirt and blue jeans. This outfit couldn't be easier to copy! JACHS NY has just the thing to help you nail this look.

/ˈbrɑː.ni/ physically strong and with big muscles: He was a big brawny man with huge hands. At twelve years of age, he was already big and brawny.

adjective. Someone who is brawny is strong and has big muscles. a brawny young man. Synonyms: muscular, strong, powerful, athletic More Synonyms of brawny.

muscular 1. : muscular. also : strong, powerful.

physically strong /ˈbrɑː.ni/ physically strong and with big muscles: He was a big brawny man with huge hands. At twelve years of age, he was already big and brawny.

Georgia-Pacific Brawny, a brand of paper towels owned by Georgia-Pacific.