Brosy

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In rural and farming circles, stout and strong; well-built; well fed with brose. Scotland
  2. 2
    Semiliquid.
  3. 3
    Containing brose.

Etymology

From brose + -y, from brose (“oatmeal mixed with boiling water”); from the Doric dialect of northeast Scotland.

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brosy-facedwell built

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