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brier

[brahy-er] / ˈbraɪ ər /




NOUN
thorn
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“My attitude is, ‘OK, throw us in that brier patch.

From Washington Times Dec. 19, 2019

Luckily, baseball has four years to work through this brier patch.

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2018

Never mind “Fifty Shades of Grey”; check out the 50 shades of green, or the blossoms bursting through the flotsam and jetsam in those rowdy zones where rust, rubber, bramble and brier rumble and twine.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2012

Oh, please don't throw me into the brier patch!

From Seattle Times Sep. 17, 2010

Letting out a low whistle, she said, “Holy smokes, Jay Berry, what happened to you and Rowdy? Both of you look like you’ve been run through a brier patch.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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