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brunie

brunie noun: a kind of scone made with flour or oatmeal.

Noun

brunie (plural brunies)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A kind of scone made with flour or oatmeal.
    • While the lines were running to the bottom, seeking the fish far below, the men smoked or cut bait, and the younger ones took a surreptitious bite of a brunie, for skippers thought it a sign of softness if their men wanted food and drink too soon.1997, Alexander Fenton, The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland, page 590

Forms of brunie

pluralbrunies

Origin of brunie

Related to burn.

Questions about brunie

What does brunie mean?
Brunie means a kind of scone made with flour or oatmeal.
What part of speech is brunie?
Brunie is a noun.
What is the plural of brunie?
The plural of brunie is brunies.

Words near brunie in the dictionary

  1. Brunhilda
  2. Brunhilde
  3. Brunhildr
  4. Bruni
  5. bruniaceous
  6. brunie
  7. brunies
  8. brunification
  9. brunified
  10. Bruning
  11. Brunings

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