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brose
[ brohz ]
noun
, Scot.
- a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
brose
/ brəʊz /
noun
- See Atholl broseoatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added See also Atholl brose
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- brosy adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brose1
C13 broys , from Old French broez , from breu broth, of Germanic origin
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Example Sentences
Gin I had a bonny wee dog I'd gie 'im ma ain brose, an' cuddle 'im, an' he couldna gang awa'.
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But Brose's fell as falls the barometer in the centre of a cyclone.
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Mr. Brose saw him, and was on his tracks like a fish-hawk on a herring-gull.
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We can dispense with Mr. Potts's services for the time, eh, Mr. Brose?
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Even as I stood there, the old witch bent down and laid the dish before the wolf that he might finish the brose.
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