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bullbrier

American  
[bool-brahy-er] / ˈbʊlˌbraɪ ər /

noun

  1. catbrier.


Etymology

Origin of bullbrier

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bull 1 + brier 1

Example Sentences

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Years later I crossed the old pasture and went straight to the bullbrier tangle.

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This was his middle range, a place of dense coverts, bullbrier thickets and sunny open spots among the ledges, where you might, with good-luck, find him on special days at any season.

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The fox had struck the trail late the previous afternoon, and followed it to a bullbrier thicket, in the midst of which was a great cedar in which the old beech partridge roosted.

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It led straight to the bullbrier thicket where the old beech partridge roosted.

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