- a variation of brier.
briar
Example Sentences
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The glasses were sold along with a Barling briar pipe and two photographs of the comic.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
But like Brer Rabbit hitting the briar patch, Santos has landed in a spotlight that is, for now, warm and inviting.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2023
Guests will have their final chance to plunge a five-story drop through a briar patch on May 30, giving Disneyland attendees one last busy Memorial Day weekend to experience the attraction in its current form.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
And the witness box is his briar patch.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Slowly and painfully they clambered down, groping, stumbling, scrambling among rock and briar and dead wood in the blind shadows, down and down until they could go no further.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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