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Quotation dates: 1847-1897
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BRODMAL, BRODMIL, BROADMAL, n. A brood. [′brɔdməl, ′brɔdmɪl]Mry.(D) 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches ix.:
She would seek them out and drive them all back to school like a "brodmal" of chickens.Bnff.(D) 1847 A. Cumming Tales of the North i. 58:
"Waumlin' heretic! ugly corbie, hatched frae a broadmal o' the foul thief, wha's latten you loose to stir up dissension," says Sarah.Abd.(D) 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliii.:
Aw wud gie my best brodmil o' Mairch chuckens naarhan' to . . . hear foo she'll brak oot aboot it wi' that rauchle tongue o' hers.
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