brussen
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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False colors yo'll seldom find fast, An a mak-believe is but a bubble, It's sure to get brussen at last, An contempt's all yo'll get for yor trouble.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
If its onnybody its thisen! gurt brussen thing 'at tha art!
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by Hartley, John
Tha'rt thi father upheeaped an daanthrussen, lad, It's his mother 'at knows what a glaid wor he;— But thi britches' knees are booath brussen, lad, An thi jacket, its raillee a shame to see.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
When we'd all etten woll we' wor om most brussen they browt a lot o' black bottles wi' silver necks in, an' we'd all a glass o' some sooart o' pop.
From Yorkshire Ditties, First Series To Which Is Added The Cream Of Wit And Humour From His Popular Writings by Hartley, John
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