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bra

[ brah ]

noun

  1. Automotive Slang. a removable cover for the front end of an automobile to protect it from road debris.


bra

1

/ brɑː /

noun

  1. short for brassiere


bra

2

/ brɑː /

noun

  1. See bro
    informal.
    another word for bro 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bra1

By shortening

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Example Sentences

Her uniform—strapless white bra, blue jeans, suspenders, and fiery red mohawk—evokes the era of Desperately Seeking Susan.

The camera lingers enough for us to glimpse her cleavage and a bit of her black bra.

Faith is decency… if I were a cow I would be wearing a bra.

Or Sensoria, a new athletic-wear company whose socks have GPS and whose shirts have a fitness tracker built into the bra.

Then, Jessica Biel was very big around 2005-2010, and she had that scene in a bra in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

Daugh-ter and I had been watch-ing the child from the li-bra-ry win-dow.

I 'll no deny she was a bra sauncie woman, and kenned weel to make a haggis wi' an ape's head and shoulders.

That would certainly account for your bra—— Then, am I a cymbal too, Hilda?

Cunningham (p. 350) says this was originally a bra-dr, a twelve-doored open hall, and must have been light.

He was a trader from Btu Bra, and he had been selling the famous silks of his country in the villages up our river.

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