Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The lowest grade of wool fleece, taken from the neck and belly of the sheep.
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Examples
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After skirting or taking off the outside edges of the fleece, usually known as brokes, and the legs and tail, known as breech, he separates the other portions from the better qualities.
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The CRA didnt apply to investment banks … the fat cats of wall street are the ones that backed all these mortgage brokes, bundled the mortgages and resold them as AAA crap.
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The CRA didnt apply to investment banks … the fat cats of wall street are the ones that backed all these mortgage brokes, bundled the mortgages and resold them as AAA crap.
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| Reply | Permalink that's what i'm wondering. hillary is brokes-ville imho.
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Greed of the mortgage brokes who were making major quick bucks.
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January 16, 2008 at 7:06 am mai mudder and mai fadder used to cawl me late night to comze ovar and “Fix” deir tv it be brokes….used to live cross street from them I go ovar…….and PLUGSSSSS TV IN………HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO It happens cereal times…..droves me crZy….. lolz
let me splains dis to u one more times - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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In tests of combined kewtness, theez two kittehs skored so hai, dey brokes de kewt-o-meeter.
Good Twin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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If a thief brokes in your place, you would call 911 or got to the police and say: Good evening.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006
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With stoney-brokes, pale as a poultice, and "crocks," orful gone at the knees;
Punch Among the Planets Various
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Kydlande is full of lytle hilles or mountaynes, and between the saide hilles be dyvers valyes in which discende litle Ryvvelles or brokes of water, spryngynge out of the said hilles and all fallynge into a lytle
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