English

Noun

bruvver ‎(plural bruvvers)

1. (Cockney slang) Brother.
   • 1953, Ezra Pound, letter to Margaret Anderson, reproduced in Thomas L. Scott et al. (editors), Pound/The Little Review: the Letters of Ezra Pound to Margaret Anderson, New Directions Books (1988), page 314:

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

   • 1992, Harry Bowling, The girl from Cotton Lane, Headline Book Publishing:

     Gawd knows when yer bruvver's gonna get married.

Derived terms

• bruv