brunie

See also: brūnie

English

Etymology

Related to burn.

Noun

brunie (plural brunies)

1. (UK, dialect) A kind of scone made with flour or oatmeal.
   • 1997, Alexander Fenton, The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland, page 590:

     While the lines were running to the bottom, seeking the fish far below, the men smoked or cut bait, and the younger ones took a surreptitious bite of a brunie, for skippers thought it a sign of softness if their men wanted food and drink too soon.

Anagrams

• Brunei, Burien, Burnie, burnie, rubine

French

Participle

brunie f sg

1. feminine singular of bruni

Further reading

• “brunie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bruine, bruiné, Brunéi, burine, buriné