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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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BREENGER, BRAINGER, n.

1. A formidable foe.Ayr. publ. 1892 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. and Poems 182:
Truly, He'd made a brainger in a brulzie.

2. “A heaped-up fire” (Fif.⁷ 1933, breenger).

3. A wilful, rather tart and bellicose person (Ags. 1975); a person who rushes into things (Sh., Bnff., Ags., Edb., Gsw., Ayr., Rxb. 2000s). m.Lth. 1906 J. Medwin Crummleyknowe 264:
She's a breenger, Miss Bell, an' it mann aye be her wey or naebody's.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 12:
breenger is a rash impetuous person, someone who rushes into things.