Lexicographical Neighbors of Brochan
Literary usage of Brochan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"... and brochan and a'." OPIUM-EATER, the SHEPHERD, TICKLER, in Court Dresses.
The TICKLER. ... brochan ..."
2. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1905)
"About this time, St. Germanus was sent from Ireland to France, by St. Patrick,
the archbishop, and came on his way, to the Court of brochan. ..."
3. Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs by James Murray Mackinlay (1893)
"The saint then spoke to him as follows:—' Know, O brochan, know, that if you
refuse to set this captive free, as I advise you, you shall die before I return ..."
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