brak
1 Britishadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of brak1
C19: Afrikaans
Origin of brak2
C20: from Afrikaans, literally: setter
Example Sentences
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The keeper syne brak aff his chains, And set Lord Beichan at libertie:— She fill'd his pockets baith wi' gowd, To tak him till his ain countrie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
Ob coorse we brak folk only knows what we’ve heerd.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
Ae day she fell, her arm she brak, A compound fracture as could be; Nae leech the cure wad undertak, Whate'er was the gratuity.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
An’ ance or twice she sobbed and sighed, An’ her tender heart did brak in three.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
“And Joe, doan’t ee git out o’ nights; if anything ’appened to thee, thy old mother ’ud brak her ’art.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
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