breck
Americannoun
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brecks
plural
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Mind now what I’se telling’ yo’ kase dere’s t’ings in dar dat she breck her heart ter lose.
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
She lak fer ter breck her heart 'bout de Empress and she sho will if dis hyer colt come ter harm.
From Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
“Somebody gwine tek away dat old horse dat yo’ love, an’ breck yo’ heart?
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
Go 'way f'om hyer, honey, he ain' gwine breck 'is wings.
From The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
"Can't say I shall breck my heart missin' her, Miss Beatrice," announced the candid Million.
From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Mrs. Oliver Onions
We were all reclining upon the brecks except John, who was trying to cook by a fire which filled our hut with smoke, when we were startled by a strange sound.
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
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