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bruin
/ˈbɹuːɪn/
name 4noun 1
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2ADJ.
fast
BRUIN + NOUN
waters
Definitions
noun
1
A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
name
1
A bear character in fairy stories, etc., especially when anthropomorphised.
When he had driven some distance he met a pedlar. "Where is the sheriff off to, to-day?" said the pedlar; "he must have a long way and little time, since he is driving so fast." But Bruin did not say a word, for he had more than enough to do to hold on.
name
1
A surname from Dutch.
2
An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.
3
A borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
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When he had driven some distance he met a pedlar. "Where is the sheriff off to, to-day?" said the pedlar; "he must have a long way and little time, since he is driving so fast." But Bruin did not say
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