brosy-faced

English

Etymology

From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, pertaining to brose.

Adjective

brosy-faced (comparative more brosy-faced, superlative most brosy-faced)

  1. (Scotland) Obese and flabby-faced.

References
  • brosey-faced, American Encyclopedic Dictionary, by Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897.
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