Definition of "brusk" [brusk]

• Alternative spelling of brusque. (adjective)

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• "Here was no streak of fat, no apathy, only a lazy, good-natured play of gloves and tricks, with a brusk stiffness and harsh sharpness in the contacts that he knew belonged only to the trained and instinctive fighting man."
• "They are often brusk to the point of rudeness, intolerant of mediocrity, and direct in manner."
• "This place (I know different location/different people, blah blah blah) does in fact seem to treat some customers in a rude/brusk way"