Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
borel , borel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.
- noun obsolete Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
- noun A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
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Examples
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Besides inspiring content from speakers, Mobile Monday Amsterdam provides an occasion to meet the people in the industry during the 'borrel' afterwards. "
Mobile Cowboys 2009
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But what would the burning of a borrel ignorant burgess like me serve?
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Steenie, ‘and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.’
Redgauntlet 2008
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I question much if Catharine ever has such a moment to glance on earth and its inhabitants as might lead her to listen to a coarse ignorant borrel man like me.
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I intend to delate mysell to the Presbytery, said Steenie, and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.
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I intend to debate mysell to the Presbytery, said Steenie, and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.
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"I intend to debate mysell to the Presbytery," said Steenie, "and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me."
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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I question much if Catharine ever has such a moment to glance on earth and its inhabitants as might lead her to listen to a coarse ignorant borrel man like me.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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But what would the burning of a borrel ignorant burgess like me serve?
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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'I intend to delate mysell to the Presbytery,' said Steenie, 'and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.'
Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801
chained_bear commented on the word borrel
"'Are you sure it is enough?' asked Jack. 'I am not one of your light-weights, you know, not one of your borrel shrimps; and it is a very small pill.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 270–271
March 9, 2008
qms commented on the word borrel
To set a tone lofty and moral
Some leaders eschew petty quarrel.
The goblin by contrast
Loves insult and bombast.
He’s hopelessly clumsy and borrel.
December 9, 2018