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Traditional name for a badger
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brock
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Wikipedia
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Brock , known as in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo . In the Pokémon video games , he is the Gym Leader of Pewter City and mainly uses Rock-type Pokémon. In the anime series , Ash comes across a man that is later ...
Gazetteer
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English brocc "badger," a borrowing from Celtic (compare Old Irish brocc , Welsh broch ). After c.1400, often with the adjective stinking , and meaning "a low, dirty fellow."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context UK English) a male badger. 2 A brocket. vb. to taunt
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] (Zo["o]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called brock . (Zo["o]l.) A small South ...
Usage examples of brock.
No doubt Brock had chosen Rees to squire her around for exactly that reason.
His fattier had squandered the family fortune while gambling and departed the earth a few days after Brock uncovered his debts, while his mother had a softness of the mind and required expensive doctors.
Rees, and not Brock, chaperoned her and carried her packages and lent her money when she lost at the gaming tables.
He entertained her and flattered her and kept her busy, freeing Brock to run his estate.
When a courtesan dressed as Queen Mary took to the dance floor, Brock fixed his gaze on her.
Abruptly, Queen Mary laughed at something her partner had said, and Brock immediately dismissed her.
Oddly enough, the footman normally stationed near the front door had disappeared, forcing Brock to return to the vestibule.
For the first time in her life, she was going to faint, and Brock was at the root of it.
She looked at Brock with new eyes, thinking he and the society which had spawned him represented everything that had gone wrong in her life.
Tears filled her eyes, tears for the Brock she once knew and still loved.
As far as Brock could tell, that dignity was the only remnant that remained of her former life.
If, however, she left with her dead husband and became catatonic, Brock had a devil of a time coaxing her out of it.
Her insanity had grown more virulent throughout the treatment and, despairing, Brock had eventually stopped them.
Anthony turned to face him, his gaze piercing, as though he measured Brock to see if he could withstand the truth.
Just a few hours ago she had resolved to forget about Brock and return to her former life in Wales.