BULLBRIER

Meaning of BULLBRIER in English

/bool"bruy'euhr/ , n.

catbrier.

[ 1850-55, Amer.; BULL 1 + BRIER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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