- 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
It created a taut moment before we were launched into the briar patch below and Br’er Rabbit could hop to safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
During the reprise, a complaint by Cinderella’s Prince about the “thicket of briar, 100 feet deep” protecting Sleeping Beauty leads to a tongue-twisting musical exchange:
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
And the witness box is his briar patch.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
His hands were cut up from landing in the briar bush.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
