brunie

See also: brūnie

English

Etymology

Related to burn.

Noun

brunie (plural brunies)

  1. (UK, dialect) A kind of scone made with flour or oatmeal.
    • 1997, Alexander Fenton, The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland, page 590:
      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.

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Participle

brunie f sg

  1. feminine singular of bruni

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