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broa•dus
(brō′dəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dus•es. Coastal South Carolina and Georgia.
- Dialect Termssomething given as a bonus;
lagniappe.
- American Spanish barata bargain, ultimately derivative of Spanish (now obsolete) baratar to negotiate, barter; see barrator, barter); origin, originally of vowel and final s uncertain
- akin to Jamaican, Guyanan English braata (apparently 1905–10
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