Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dust; rubbish.
- To bruise; break.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
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Examples
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And performing a briss off campus is protected by the first amendment.
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And performing a briss off campus is protected by the first amendment.
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I hope Obama is scheduling a second briss for the Liebersmeg.
Top Lieberman Campaign Official: We Begged Obama For Help In 2006 -- And He Came Through 2009
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The briss, the brit mila, the covenant of circumcision.
Erica Jong: Next Time Boychick, We Take the Whole Thing 2008
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And even then, one of my favorite examples cited by the poor professor was a young couple who renounced their son's right of return at his briss.
Archive 2007-03-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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And even then, one of my favorite examples cited by the poor professor was a young couple who renounced their son's right of return at his briss.
Mark Paul Responds to comments Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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My personal favorite among his examples was the couple that renounced their son’s Right of Return at his briss.
Accusations of a New Anti-Semitism Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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What kind of anti-Semite celebrates their son’s briss?
Archive 2007-02-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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My personal favorite among his examples was the couple that renounced their son’s Right of Return at his briss.
Archive 2007-02-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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What kind of anti-Semite celebrates their son’s briss?
Accusations of a New Anti-Semitism Ellen Beth Gill 2007
zanshin commented on the word briss
See also putz and schmuck
December 29, 2006
hernesheir commented on the word briss
An old provincial term for dust, from Exmoor.
May 3, 2011
sionnach commented on the word briss
And here I thought it was an especially sibilant circumcision.
May 3, 2011