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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1961-1996
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BROB, n., v. [brob]
I. n. A prick, jab with something sharp (Bnff., Abd. 1975). Adj. brobbie, prickly, spiky, lit. and fig. (Id.).Abd. 1961 Abd. Press & Jnl. (14 Oct.):
He was a ruff-wuff character, brobbier than the whins on Scotstown Moor.
II. v. To pierce, jab, prick (Abd. 1975). Also in n.Eng. dial.ne.Sc. 1996 W. Gordon McPherson in Sandy Stronach New Wirds: An Anthology of Winning Poems and Stories from the Doric Writing Competitions of 1994 and 1995 20:
"Nor the jeely naidder, Queen; a kizzen o mine pued the berries-brobbit ersel sair in the dein o't!-anidder wife gyaa's the aipples an a neiper made the jeely." [Orig. prob. chiefly imit. (cf. Dob, Job), with influence from Brod, n.2, Brog.]
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