10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRINNIES»
Discover the use of
brinnies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brinnies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New York State Reporter
(Charles F. Canline, of counsel), for app'lts; Brinnies & Xewcomb (A. S. Newcomb
, of counsel), for resp't Herrick, J. — It seems to me that the evidence in this case
establishes that the switch board upon which the plaintiff was standing at the ...
As 'a throwing stone' it equates to the 'brinnies' and 'yonnies' and 'goolies' of other
districts and other Aboriginal languages. Today the word 'gibber' is narrowing in
meaning to the kind of stone found on the plains of inland Australia. gidgee ...
3
The Salt Of Broken Tears: A Novel
They pelted a store of brinnies at himandthe pupas they rattled past, and theboy
touched the stock of his riflelying before himon the saddle and thought for a
momentof howhe might makethem jump. A farmer with a load of stumps ina
spring ...
Ban knows I like my furred and feathered friends better than people, and it was a
prolonged dose of outdoors I needed to heal the sting of disappointment and
revulsion the De- Brinnies and the flood caused me. My sunrises and sunsets ...
Gertrude Singleton Mathews, 1917
Big Brinnie, he listen, same like you — he got eye same tike you — he never
make loud mouth, an' — " Atta paused before sweeping triumphantly up to his
climax — "if you no be big man, fo' why you never eat chop 'long with other
Brinnies, ...
6
Oxford Dictionary of English
... of Scandinavian origin. brinkmanship /ˈbrɪkmənʃɪp/ (US also
brinksmanVship) 7noun [mass noun] the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous
policy to the limits of safety before stopV- ping, especially in politics. brinny 7noun
(pl. brinnies) ...
'Toss a few brinnies at him, and when he comes out lay into him with a coupla
bits of wood.' Chasa worked his arms the way his father mockingly threatened
him with an axe handle. 'I reckon lettin' the boat go is better,' John said. 'I can't
swim,' ...
'Ebb-tide' presses an aching consciousness against the cheerfully amoral cruelty
of children pitching brinnies at crabs on the beach, and 'Chance Meeting' traces
out a miniature drama of friendship and competition between two women.
... horsebox houseboy potherbs brothers betroths Beyrouth brushers kibitzer
kibitzes libelist immobile mobilise mobilize rinsible Leibnitz trilbies libretti
Sibelius visibles stilbite renminbi brinnies brionies niobites briniest stibnite
biopsies Robert ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
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Australian words and their origins
1 98 1 B. Green Small Town Rising 1 04 The copper's dog hadn't even been
friendly though. 'How'd we kill him?' Toss a few brinnies at him, and when he
comes out lay into Brisbane line. (f. the name of the capital city of Queensland]
See quot ...
