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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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UNBRAW, adj. Plain, unattractive (Lnk., Ayr., Wgt. 1973). See Braw, adj.wm.Sc. 1954 Robin Jenkins The Thistle and the Grail (1994) 9:
Others in that group nodded; some to flatter Rab, whose maliciousness they feared like a disease, and all because Mrs. Rutherford, the president's wife, was admitted to be snobbish, unbraw, icy-hearted, and stupid. wm.Sc. 1987 Anna Blair Scottish Tales (1990) 12:
Not to be outdone Willie offered for a plump unbraw girl whose father was a rich city merchant only to find out too late that she was one of six children, five of them sons in the business.