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In some senses, brek is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
brek
noun 1verb 1
Collocations
3VERB + BREK
declare
BREK + NOUN
blunderbuss, ramshackle
PREP.
into
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noun
1
breakfast
verb
1
Pronunciation spelling of break.
"They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.
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."
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"They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.
Wiktionary02
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'; yo
Wiktionary03
If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."
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