bradded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of bradded
Example Sentences
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I switched on the light and looked into a cracked piece of mirror bradded with bent nails to the wall.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
You have bradded me on, and told me that a man of the woods always gets what he wants if he goes after it right.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
It was three planks thick, crossed one another and bradded together wid iron nails.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
They come in thick wood doors with iron nails bradded through, fastened on big hinges, fastened it with chains and iron bars.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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