Broady

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Broadcloth. UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable

    "That referred to the circumstance of Dannelly having , on the preceding evening gone to Mr. Poole's cloth shop. He said he had been on the screw, (that is, lifting the latch of a door,) and sneaked out a piece of broady […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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"That referred to the circumstance of Dannelly having , on the preceding evening gone to Mr. Poole's cloth shop. He said he had been on the screw, (that is, lifting the latch of a door,) and sneaked out a piece of broady […]"

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