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Bratley
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English
Etymology
en brat en -leigh -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including en Ashley and en Bradley, from en ang leah clearing, meadow.
Pronunciation
en En-au-Bratley.ogg AU
Proper noun
en slang pejorative Used as a generic name for an ill-behaved or spoiled child.
en 13 November 1999 Johnson Judge Judy https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.childfree/YFTePpT7pIQ/iLb6GkPh8VwJ alt.support.childfree Seems his dear Bratley had thrown a rock and broken a windsheild on a passerby's car.
en 18 January 2002 Artaxiel [username] So I clotheslined an eight-year old... https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.childfree/twtjoIlSzj4/iIeruirAQCoJ alt.support.childfree Of course Bratley was running back and forth and back and forth in front of the performing area, trying to get the attention of his father who was playing the violin with much gusto.
en 31 July 2002 Salome Yesterday at the supermarket... alt.support.childfree https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.support.childfree/8Mc3Ngk84NI/j3YSebrE5vcJ Even as we rolled our cart out to the parking lot, we could hear Bratley squalling away in the distance, gradually fading as the doors slid shut behind us.
Synonyms
en Snotley
Anagrams
en abelrty Alberty Bartley tryable
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