brier
noun
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
briery
-
a word derived from
brier.
Example Sentences
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The result is a briery, humor-speckled portrait of a roughhewn U.S. eccentric who lived only for the kill.
From Time Magazine Archive
His drawling, "God-gifted" voice has been variously described as "warty," "briery," "wood-raspy," and even "like a shoebox full of bullfrogs."
From Time Magazine Archive
The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle."
From Time Magazine Archive
John Singletree was a dark-eyed, sharp-eyed, wiry, briery boy.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated by Various
He had blazed for himself, some time before, a roundabout trail through the briery underbrush from the inn to within a few hundred feet of the cabin.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
