Brock


a European badger.
Contemporary Examples

The Real War on Fox Benjamin Sarlin October 29, 2009
Best New York Times Corrections Ever: ‘The Shining,’ Twilight Sparkle & More Josh Dzieza February 2, 2012
The Real War on Fox Benjamin Sarlin October 29, 2009
The Real War on Fox Benjamin Sarlin October 29, 2009
Poor Misunderstood Media Matters Eli Lake May 14, 2013

Historical Examples

I Walked in Arden Jack Crawford
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Mathew Joseph Holt
Catherine: A Story William Makepeace Thackeray
Creatures of the Night Alfred W. Rees
In The Days of Giants Abbie Farwell Brown

noun
a Brit name, used esp as a form of address in stories, for badger (sense 1)
n.

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