Breastie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    breast Scotland, colloquial

    "1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastieǃ"

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"1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastieǃ"

Etymology

From breast + -ie.

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