brose
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of brose
1400–50; late Middle English broys < Old French broez; see brewis
Example Sentences
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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
“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
"I could fight ten of him!—Come on, Gourlay!" he cried, "and I'll poultice the road wi' your brose."
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
Then up cam the wife o' the Mill, Wi' the cog, and the meal, and the water; For she likit the joke sae weel To gie the bride brose and butter.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
Lean on the brose ye got in the morning.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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