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brier

[brahy-er] / ˈbraɪ ər /




NOUN
thorn
Synonyms


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“My attitude is, ‘OK, throw us in that brier patch.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2019

Luckily, baseball has four years to work through this brier patch.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2018

Never mind “Fifty Shades of Grey”; check out the 50 shades of green, or the blossoms bursting through the flotsam and jetsam in those rowdy zones where rust, rubber, bramble and brier rumble and twine.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2012

Oh, please don't throw me into the brier patch!

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2010

Just like when a bee stung Sounder under the porch or a brier caught his ear in the bramble, the boy thought.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong