In an article in the Telegraph about how it has been suggested that women over a certain age should not wear bikinis, the writer claims that she ought to have "brindled" with indignation at this proposition:
It conjures up an interesting image, but I suspect "bristled" may have been the word she was looking for.
Verb, 1. bridle - anger or take offence.
ReplyDeleteShe may well have bristled too, err, sort of brindley.