breist

/ briːst /

noun

He was a brave sodger, but he wasna long fechtin' in France till he got a bullet in his breist.

I saw them move backwards, slow they moved, and my heart stood still in my breist.

But aboot that word—I've heard ye say yirsel' frae the pulpit as how hell is a maist awfu' feelin' i' the breist.

Verra well, dinna ye think as hoo yon Irish whelp I skelpit the day 'll hae a waesome feelin' i' his breist?

Think o' yir son win-nin' the Victoria Cross, wumman, an' ye 'ill see it on his breist.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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