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
- brawlie adverb
- brawlis adverb
- brawly adverb
- brawlys adverb
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
It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the noo, he said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2011
In a braw Commons debate on disarmament with bluff-browed Laborite Aneurin Bevan, Defense Minister Duncan Sandys, himself the bairn of a Cameron mother, piped up for the costume of his hardy northern kinsmen.
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
In Eugene Maleska crossword terminology, he's braw and pulchritudinous, while Will Shortz, current puzzle editor for The New York Times, might define him as a "wower," the clue being "Turns heads, in a way."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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