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brashy

[ brash-ee ]

adjective

brashier, brashiest.
  1. Scot. and North England Dialect. showery.


ˈ

/ ˈæʃɪ /

adjective

  1. loosely fragmented; rubbishy
  2. (of timber) brittle
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󾱲Ա, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brashy1

First recorded in 1795–1805; brash + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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Cornbrash, so called from its 'brashy' or rubbly nature, an earthy oolite yielding fair land for corn.

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The ice proved brashy, soft to each step, and the men slithered through the water up to the armpits as they carried the canoes.

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And all had cures for the “brashy” spell the little chap had been afflicted by, and which seemed frightened away entirely, as he looked about him with eyes like black beads.

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Bell isn’t done for, yet: She’s a tough customer—she’s always been A banging, bobberous bletherskite, has Bell— No fushenless, brashy, mim-mouthed mealy-face, Fratished and perished in the howl-o’-winter.

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A great many fish on sea ice—mostly small, but a second species 5 or 6 inches long: imagine they are chased by seals and caught in brashy ice where they are unable to escape.

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