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Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : breef

Phonetic Transcription : brif

Definition of briefs

Origin : "short, tight underwear," 1934, from brief (adj.).

adj short, compressed
verb inform of facts

Example sentences :

Briefs in all those cases were, to a great extent, prepared by Judge Willson.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

It's better to work than sit still and wait for briefs which never corns.
Extract from : « Young Mr. Barter's Repentance » by David Christie Murray

Quentyns had been called to the Bar, and was already beginning to receive "briefs."
Extract from : « A Young Mutineer » by Mrs. L. T. Meade

When the briefs begin to come in, we'll see about something better.
Extract from : « The Giant's Robe » by F. Anstey

If I trust to briefs, my existence will be but brief—we all must live.
Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Wims was back at the hoedown only this time without even his briefs.
Extract from : « I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon » by Richard Sabia

He had bulls, briefs from the pope, and orders from the court.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 28 of 55) » by Various

It is this idleness, this waiting for briefs, that ruins a weak man.
Extract from : « The Threatening Eye » by Edward Frederick Knight

These must be briefs, set out to look imposing, for many were grey with dust.
Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna

It was the column headed "Briefs," however, that tagged the Declarator.
Extract from : « Dominie Dean » by Ellis Parker Butler

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