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
A keen fiddler and a braw man with the pipes, Shakes will have ample room to practice in the oak-paneled rooms of the Speaker's House in the Palace of Westminster, overlooking the Thames.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
“It's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht,” Nettle called out in Cockney.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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