brak
1 Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of brak1
C19: Afrikaans
Origin of brak2
C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter
Example Sentences
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I houp the young laddie winna brak his neck.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
It wad brak my hert to pairt wi' the buiks afore I got them pitten in dacent order.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
He gaped wide but naething spak— At length poor Mailie silence brak.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
I lean'd my back unto an aik, And thought it was a trusty tree, But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true love did lightly me.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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