broad

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broad

offensive slang A woman. Tom's always getting himself involved with these broads who cause him nothing but trouble. A: "Who's the broad with Jerry?" B: "Geez, that's his wife. Show a little respect, Harry."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

broad

n. a woman. (Originally underworld slang. Often jocular. Usually considered rude and derogatory.) When is that broad gonna show up?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) broad as a barn door
  • a broad church
  • be broad in the beam
  • broad
  • broad (brush) strokes
  • broad across the beam
  • broad as a barn door
  • broad church
  • broad daylight
  • broad in the beam
  • broad shoulders
  • broad shoulders, have
  • broad strokes
  • can’t find one’s butt with both hands in broad daylight
  • can’t hit the broad side of a barn
  • can't find (one's) butt with both hands in broad daylight
  • can't hit the (broad) side of a barn
  • can't hit the broad side of a barn
  • have a broad back
  • have broad shoulders
  • hit the (broad) side of a barn
  • in broad (brush) strokes
  • in broad daylight
  • it's as broad as it is long
  • it's as broad as it's long
  • paint (something) with a broad brush
  • paint something with a broad brush
  • square john broad
  • square-john broad
  • with broad strokes
References in classic literature
Next we come to the Hump, which is the part of the Broad Walk where all the big races are run, and even though you had no intention of running you do run when you come to the Hump, it is such a fascinating, slide-down kind of place.
The Little White Bird
The lights from the lanterns dimly showed the way, but it was a gloomy journey, and they were pleased when a broad streak of light ahead assured them they were coming to a second landing.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
"Well, it was rather funny to say it," she admitted frankly, "because his nose does turn up and he has a big mouth and his clothes have patches all over them and he talks broad Yorkshire, but--but if an angel did come to Yorkshire and live on the moor--if there was a Yorkshire angel--I believe he'd understand the green things and know how to make them grow and he would know how to talk to the wild creatures as Dickon does and they'd know he was friends for sure."
Secret Garden
Ojo gave a jump, for he saw several broad leaves leaning toward him; but the Shaggy Man began to whistle again, and at the sound the leaves all straightened up on their stems and kept still.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
"Oh, well; of course, if you and father have arranged it all, there's no more to be said," she whispered, with her cheek against his broad breast.
A Study In Scarlet
Suddenly the broad muscles and lines of the count's face began to twitch.
War and Peace
She held out her hands to him, and the broad sleeves of her dressing-gown fell away from her white rounded arms.
The Yellow Crayon
The broad gold chain upon the neck was identical with the one represented on the image, and glistened with the motion imparted by the rise and fall of the bosom which it decorated.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories
As in general shape the noble Sperm Whale's head may be compared to a Roman war-chariot (especially in front, where it is so broadly rounded); so, at a broad view, the Right Whale's head bears a rather inelegant resemblance to a gigantic galliot-toed shoe.
Moby Dick LXVIII CXXXIV
A tall, broad man stepped forward and took me, and James darted back into the stable.
Black Beauty
The first objection is, that a Flatlander, seeing a Line, sees something that must be THICK to the eye as well as LONG to the eye (otherwise it would not be visible, if it had not some thickness); and consequently he ought (it is argued) to acknowledge that his countrymen are not only long and broad, but also (though doubtless in a very slight degree) THICK or HIGH.
Flatland
Thereupon she led the girl by the hand up to a broad gateway.
Fairy Tales
The stave was still there, and on it Starkey had hung his hat, a deep tarpaulin, watertight, with a broad brim.
The Adventures of Peter Pan
Da Souza and Trent took their places side by side on the broad, flat-bottomed boat, and soon they were off shorewards and the familiar song of the Kru boys as they bent over their oars greeted their ears.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
It was bounded by a low wooden fence, which screened it off from a broad, modern, new metaled road.
Beyond the City