braw
Americanadjective
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fine or fine-looking; excellent.
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finely dressed; dressed in a splendid or gaudy fashion.
adjective
plural noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of braw
First recorded in 1555–65; variant of brave
Example Sentences
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two white boaters on Friday pleaded guilty to harassment charges in connection with an Alabama riverfront braw l that drew national attention.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
He sent a fellow Scot, braw George Halliday, Imperial Airways sectional engineer, out from Cairo.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Braemar, Scotland, Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Anne dressed the part of wee royal Scots, looked appropriately braw and bonny, as they watched the Highland Games.
From Time Magazine Archive
But his most bravely brandished weapon is Lallans, a braw dialect of lowland Scots, little known today to Scots who are not classicists, or at least poets.
From Time Magazine Archive
“It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht,” Nettle called out in Cockney.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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