Brocked is a slang term, reportedly originating from the Royal New Zealand Airforce, that refers to the act of another aircrew member secretly and sneakily taking away ones allocated flying time or duty.
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Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting oftone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmedand otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or thenasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- aterm introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide toPronunciation, §§155, 199-202.
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