bree
1 Britishnoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bree1
Old English brīg , variant of brīw pottage; related to Old High German brīo soup, Old English brīwan to cook, Middle Irish brēo flame
Origin of bree2
C19: perhaps from earlier bree brow
Example Sentences
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Or bawd bree, the rich hare broth of Scotland?
From Time Magazine Archive
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"I read it in your bree," she said.
O up then started our gudeman, An angry man was he; "Will ye kiss my wife before my een, And scaud me wi' pudding bree?"
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
His hair a' lang about his bree, His tap-lip lang by inches three - A slockened sort 'mon,' to pree A' sensuality - A droutly glint was in his e'e An' personality.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Janet has kilted her green kirtle A little aboon her knee, And she has broded her yellow hair A little aboon her bree, And she’s awa’ to Carterhaugh, As fast as she can hie.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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