brock
Meaning
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- a male badger.
- (obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
- (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.
Synonyms
crum
dirty fellow
low life
scum bag
stinking fellow
sonofobitch
crumb bum
smacko
crum-bum
ass maggot
sona'bitch'u
ratink
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɹɒk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.
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