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brewis n Cp DARE ~ N E (1857-1939) 'a pudding-like dish of bread crumbs soaked in liquid'; for earlier U K evidence, see DEFOE, Robinson Crusoe (1719), 'He caused some Bisket Cakes to be dipp'd in the Pot, and soften'd with the Liquor of the Meat, which they calls Brewes, and gave [the starving seamen] every one, one, to stay their Stomachs.' (ed J.W. Clark, London: Macmillan, 1896, p. 339). |
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