breid
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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An' fess a loaf o' white breid; we canna bide for the parritch.'
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
O, a lad thinks lang o' hame ere he thinks his fill As his breid he airns— An' they're thrashin' noo at the white fairm up on the hill In the Howe o' the Mearns.
From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Jacob, Violet
Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu' o' breid and cheese.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
I'm gaein' to seek—no my fortin, but my daily breid.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
Meanwhile, his mother—good soul—not knowing well how to show the greatest amount of civility to her visitors, invited them, in homely phraseology, to "a sup milk, an' a bite o' breid an' cheese."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
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