Broute, f. (popular), bread, “tommy.”
Brouter (popular), to eat, “to grub.” The expression is used by Villon, and is scarcely slang.
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Tous les jours une talemouze (cake),
Pour brouter et fourrer sa mouse.
Brouteur sombre, m. (popular), desponding, melancholy man, “croaker.”
Broyeur de noir en chambre (familiar), literary man who writes on melancholy themes.
Bruant (Breton), cock; egg.
Bruantez (Breton), hen.