breid
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Anxious to curry favour, the third youngster now called out, "Sandy Forbes gart her gang an' fess a loaf o' white breid."
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
I'm gaein' to seek—no my fortin, but my daily breid.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by George MacDonald
Meanwhile, his mother—good soul—not knowing well how to show the greatest amount of civility to her visitors, invited them, in homely phraseology, to "a sup milk, an' a bite o' breid an' cheese."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
But I am just a serving lass, Wha toils to get her breid, An' O! ye're sweir to see the gowd I braid about my heid.
From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Violet Jacob
O sin is heavier nor the lead, The blessing's better nor the breid.
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
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