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brewis [< Brit. dial. breawis, brewis vegetable-and-meat broth] Nfld 
n. a kind of stew prepared by boiling ship's biscuit with codfish and pork fat, sometimes including potato chunks and wild herbs.
- c1850 (1960) Tho' Newfoundland is changing fast, some things we must not lose: May we always have our flipper pie, and codfish for our brewis.
- 1906 A popular dish in Newfoundland is "brewis," pronounced broose.
- 1964 Only in Newfoundland were we served . . . fish-and-brewis.
- c1850 (1960) Tho' Newfoundland is changing fast, some things we must not lose: May we always have our flipper pie, and codfish for our brewis.