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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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broon
adjective
brown is the colour produced by partial charring or carbonization of starch or woody fibre, as in toasted bread or withered leaves:
I’d never seen a broon hare before.
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etymology:
Scots; attested by
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