Example Sentences

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He that breweth lies may have more wit and skill, but the broacher showeth the like malice and wickedness. 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac

It is a broacher of more news than hogsheads, and more jests than news, which are sucked up here by some spongy brain, and from thence squeezed into a comedy.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

As in coffee-houses, gossip was the order of the day in such places, each tavern being in itself "a broacher of more news than hogsheads, and more jests than news."

From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)

This fellow was a principal broacher of the broil.

From Sir Thomas More by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

This word meant originally a "broacher," one who broached or made a hole in casks of wine to test their value for sale.

From Stories from Tagore by Tagore, Rabindranath