brosier

The word _brozier_, or (as I always heard it pronounced) _brosier_, does not, or did not exclusively belong to Eton.

Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 Various

A _brosier_ would therefore mean a broken-down man, and therefore a bankrupt.

Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 Various

The noun _brosier_, as Mr. Wilbraham indicates, seems to be derived from the old word _brose_, or, as we now say, _bruise_.

Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 Various

The verb _to brosier_, as used at Eton, would easily be formed from the substantive.

Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 Various

Kennel choir into fits, and he can brosier old Tilly's stall, and go on just the same. '

Beechcroft at Rockstone Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862