brock

American  

[brok] / brɒk /

noun

1. a European badger.

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brock British  

/ brɒk /

noun

1. a Brit name, used esp as a form of address in stories, for badger

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Etymology

Origin of brock

before 1000; Middle English brok, Old English broc badger < Celtic; compare Irish, Scots Gaelic broc, Welsh broch

Example Sentences

Like Harry Bertram, he is not ashamed "of caring about a brock."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various

The fox doth fight with the brock for dens, and defileth the brock's den, and hath so the mastery over him with fraud and deceit, and not by strength….

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

To one who knows how to do it, drawing by the tail is a simple, quiet, and effective way of "taking the brock."

From The Badger A Monograph by Pease, Alfred E.

Sir Toby's whole indignation against Malvolio culminates in the words:—'Marry, hang thee, brock!'

From Shakspere and Montaigne by Feis, Jacob

Beg or little he was in the countryside's bye-name, but in truth he was a fellow of six feet, as hairy as a brock and in the same straight bristly fashion.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil