brawt

English

Verb

brawt

1. Eye dialect spelling of brought.
   • 1883, “Journal of a Yankee Girl: A Nawty-Biography”, in The Tatler‎^[1], volume 1, page 147:

     "Ware in all the wide wurld was a man, and has bin ni to death's dore, evvur brawt bak to life to be so insulted in his own house."

   • 1918, James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861-1865‎^[2], page 259:

     "The young man belonged to 1 of the first famerlies in Utiky. I sood him, and the Joory brawt in a verdick of Arson in the 3rd degree."

   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings‎^[3], page 29:

     When he said wuz h'any h'aggressive weapon brawt into play? I burst out laughing and my mother said I should excuse myself.

   • 2014, Kevin J. Ryan, Thinning the Herd‎^[4], page 285:

     "I did a lot of stealin' in my time, but I never hurt nobody. I never should hav brawt the gun. Sorry."