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brek1
brek2
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of break.
"They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.
1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield2 more examples
At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, "You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?" or "Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces."
1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other StoriesIf that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."
1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat
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