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- noun Alternative spelling of
bredrin .
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Examples
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If he shares his good fortune with his 'bredren', he's a 'good guy'.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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This made me angry and I yelled out, Why yu so fas bredren?
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Posted April 20, 2007 at 9:28 pm | Permalink waddupppp mann ahaha remmeber me lol. i releee feel sorry for dis gurl who goes to ma scool and gets made fun of cuz shez a goth styll so wadd shud i do bredren?
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The sable deacon who, when confronted with a list of his sins as dark as his countenance, replied triumphantly; "Well, bredren, I'se broke ebery commandment ob de ten -- but bress de Lord, I'se nebber los 'my' ligion," was no monster of iniquity.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889 Various
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You can't go nowhere's, my frien's and bredren, but Deff 'll fin' you.
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Oh! yer'll wish yo cood bore fer wat-r dar! but day's no water dar, an de deeper yer go, Oh, my bredren, de deeper it git!
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kentucky Narratives Work Projects Administration
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O, my bredren, twuz terrible, an to dis day Adam face sian white same like Mass Steve Elliott face.
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Now, John Baptiss sezee, says John, dissaz quickiz de Lawd gone outen de gate, Gabrill and Nicodemus tek a stan fo 'watch de tree, O, my bredren and sistah, wen Adam tink say him kill trow drss een Nicodemus eye an Gabriell all two one time, he dis as well try fo' hook a guinea fowl een de broad day light; deeda so fo 'borrow a watmillum wot ain blongs turrum.
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O, my bredren and sistah, listen at me good, an yerry fo 'one self, how dat wina apple come to mek de fuss buckra fambly een scripter.
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"I rise, bredren an 'sisters, to say I'm on my solemn march to glory."
sarra commented on the word bredren
Rastafarian/Jamaican. Brothers. Kinship or peer bonds.
June 14, 2009