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bruvver

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌ.və(ɹ)/ / /ˈbɹʌ.vɚ/

noun

Etymology: Representing the Cockney or Multicultural London English pronunciation of brother (th-fronting).

  1. Brother.

    Gurdjieff I thot a man an a bruvver, but NObuddy is goin to swallow Ouspensky

    Gawd knows when yer bruvver's gonna get married.

  2. Nonstandard form of brother.

    Chicken was still elated. "I was way up there, wasn’t I? Wasn’t I? I’m a tell my brovver."

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