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braw [brɔː brɑː] Chiefly Scot adj fine or excellent, esp in appearance or dress pl n
best clothes [Scottish variant of brave] brawly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Belyve,* the elder bairns come drapping in,
At service out, amang the farmers roun';
Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie** rin
A cannie*** errand to a neebor town:
Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown,
In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her e'e
Comes hame, perhaps, to show a braw new gown,
Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee,****
To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be. "Eh, Maister Bishopriggs," cried the girl, "here's a braw young leddy speerin' for ye by yer ain name at the door. France is a braw place, nae doubt; but I weary for the heather and the deer. |
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