brak
1 Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of brak1
C19: Afrikaans
Origin of brak2
C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter
Example Sentences
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The ankers brak, and the tap-masts lap, It was sic a deadlie storm; And the waves cam' owre the broken ship, Till a' her sides were torn.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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
An’ ance or twice she sobbed and sighed, An’ her tender heart did brak in three.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
I lean’d my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow’d, and syne it brak, Sae my true-love did lightly me.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Oh, he had but a saxpence, he brak it in twa, And he gied me the half o’t ere he gaed awa’!
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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