brose
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- brosy adjective
Etymology
Origin of brose
1400–50; late Middle English broys < Old French broez; 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
He attended to his horses and to the kennel, singing all the time; then went quietly in to make his brose.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon
They had not even salt to their brose; for, as one of the Highlanders said, 'Salt is touchy,' meaning expensive.
From The True Story Book by Lang, Andrew
Lean on the brose ye got in the morning.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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