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  • brass: I brass
    [etym?] phr. (in playing KNUCKS HOLE with marbles) the announcement made after going from the first to the third hole
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  • branched calalu
    [DJE idem 1] n. 1. Obs? a plant, Solanum nodiflorum, night shade: 1889 Branched calalu . . . used by
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  • bramble
     [W Car.; N. Irel. dial. idem EDD] n. 1. dry twigs: They part the field off with bramble—this part will
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  • bram
    [ Atlantic; imitative] intj. bang: 1936 Dey. . . . cut off d' engines an stop full, bram! (Dupuch 14).
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  • brainsy
    /bréynzi/ [W Car.; cf. co]loq. Eng. adj. formed from n. pl. + -y (e.g. gutsy, ballsy) and MCC brienz brain
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  • braggy
    [cf. Scots idem CSD] adj. boastful: 1966 (Crowley 102).  I ain' like her—she too braggy (Nassau). (Gen.)
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  • braggard
    [OED, alternate form 1641, 1812; by analogy with -ard nouns (e.g. drunkard) or possibly from braggart by hypercorrection of devoiced
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  • braggadocious
    /brágadówshas/[cf. Guy. bragadosha showoff (Yansen 14); from BRAGGY, influenced by braggadocio + -ious forming adj.] adj. boastful. (Gen.)
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  • bra, bro', brush
    /bro/ [cf. B'] term of address to a male peer: Hey, bra, why you am' hail me yester-day? (Nassau).
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  • Boy Nasty
    [from B'O' ANANSI] n. a folk-tale hero: 1966 (Crowley 29). (Mayag.)
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