bru

/ (bruː) /

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noun

Southern African informal another word for bro 2

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby bru

browser skin, Broz, brr, Br. Som., BRT, bru, Bruant, Brubeck, Bruce, brucella, brucellosis

British Dictionary definitions for bru (2 of 2)

BRU

abbreviation for

Brunei (international car registration)

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How to use bru in a sentence

But nowadays the Scots swear by “Irn-Bru,” a carbonated orange beverage, to revive them after a big night out.
The Wildest Hangover Cures From Around the World|Nina Strochlic|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This was later incorporated with improvements in a Tru-Bru coffee pot, on which he was granted another patent in 1920.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
Brew; a margin, a brink: 'that lake is too shallow to fish from the brews': from the Irish bru, same sound and meaning.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
And she went off with the lad, while Bru seized his crook, seeing which the young fellow raised his gun.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8)|Guy de Maupassant

Bru´in, the name of the bear, in the beast-epic called Reynard the Fox.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Daun gundi or tabung bru (Nepenthes destillatoria) can scarcely be termed a flower, but is a very extraordinary climbing plant.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden