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bramble

Any thorny shrub.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026US

Any thorny shrub.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026US

Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.

Origin: From , from , from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal , diminutive of *brām (). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “2 hours weeding, wild flower , removal in the raspberry bed. There's a giant bramble that produced loads of blackberries last year. Gave it a mulch.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I'm not sure if I can get it on and I write about it... I'm Bramble and what I actually write about is knights, chivalry, found family and speculation on a post-apocalyptic Wales. #Mememay #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Raven+Bear #WIP”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#booksky #bookqw word: DRY A bramble has been talking in the woods, which means calling in a fairy-smith. Jedediah, elder of the smithy, has been testing the bush with cold iron. The bush has opinions about being prodded. Buy here: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026US

A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

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  • “There was a nice bar on the front, did a great Gin Bramble. Got a bit pissed tbqhwy.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Aaron Francis of the Sydney Swans faces potential suspension from the AFL MRO for a late off-ball hit on Lachie Bramble. https://newsletter.tf/aaron-francis-swans-faces-ban-late-hit/”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Wired: hand-weeding the garden and pulling/digging things up by the roots, very satisfyingly. Tired: getting a bramble runner pull under by fingernail which is, incidentally, an area currently full of dirt. Now to look up whether I can compost these weeds.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Curse him, root and branch! Many of those trees were my friends, creatures I had known from nut and acorn; many had voices of their own that are lost for ever now. And there are wastes of stump and bramble where once there were singing groves." -- also Treebeard”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “How funny, that looks like what I was just looking at- Coptotriche marginea, Bramble Blotch Miner!? Found the mine today… I think?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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