brose
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of brose
1400–50; late Middle English broys < Old French broez; see brewis
Example Sentences
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“It’s brose; just let it sop While you’re hiking; it’ll mix and you can eat it when you stop.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
He bought some and then later, as he choked down every drop, He learned a brose by any name is still a bag of slop!
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Lard, my wife, Sweetly smiles Across the brose.
From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various
"He's a lying brose, that," said the baker.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
I made cakes and porridge of fully the average excellence; and my brose and brochan enjoyed at least the negative happiness of escaping animadversion and comment.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
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