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Meanings of braw in English

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Brightly colored and showy.

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Usage of braw in English
1
But there was one braw laddie who did nothing of the sort.
A Minstrel in France
2
Me'n Galliene are goin' to talk this Connie into a braw mess.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
3
Dougal's ane o' the gamekeepers, ye ken-sic a braw fellow-saxfeet three.
A Noble Life
4
It's mony a braw man beside Johnnie Bethune has gane Johnnie-Bethune's gate.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
5
Ye s'ould see the braw way he'll read an' write now, sir.
Burnham Breaker
6
There'll be little use for braw clothes and fine manners in the hills.
Salute to Adventurers
7
It seems mair, an' mak's a braw jinglin' in a pocket.
Greyfriars Bobby
8
Though there's the braw American scholar, tho', to aid him now.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
9
Thy braw chiel 'ul tryste wi' th' hangman soon, I wat.'
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
10
There's one here in a braw red cover with pictures of ships in it.
The Northern Iron
11
Fill the gap left by the end of referendum fun with some braw quizzing.
The Irish Times
12
You're a braw lad to go hobnobbing with the bailie.
The Scotch Twins
13
He's a lawyer in Edinburgh, and a braw hand at the stringin' of verses.
The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
14
He was kind an' gentle an' braw, a-thinkin' bright things an' a-doin' gret deeds.
Burnham Breaker
15
You shall have braw new clothes, and go to school every day of your life.
Winter Evening Tales
16
Something ought to be done for those braw fellows.
Scottish sketches
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