brunie
See also: brūnie
English
Etymology
Related to burn.
Noun
brunie (plural brunies)
- (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.
French
Further reading
- “brunie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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