Meanings
nounbrowjans pl (plural only)
- Cornwallpluralplural onlyBits; fragments.
All I can tell 'ee es, the shep come en 'pon the Cowloe, an' scat all to scubmow, an' the browjans was all about the cove an' washin' up 'pon our caunse!
2010, George Pritchard, editor, Angletwitch and Poppydock, page 461 more example
'Too much of it is browjans.' 'What are those?' 'Sorry, that's Cornish. Fragments, I should have said. But if there's not enough, I'm going to redesign it.'
2025, Allison Montclair, An Excellent Thing in a Woman
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browjans. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browjans
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“browjans.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browjans. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “browjans,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/browjans.
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