单词	briar patch
释义	briar patch noun plural briar patches 1 : an area in which briars (see briar entry 1 sense 1) are growing … the cottontail was sitting comfortably on a stump right in the middle of a briar patch … Cook's Illustrated 2 : a troublesome or difficult situation or experience The culling of bison at Yellowstone, while legal, has been a briar patch of controversy for more than two decades. Jim Robbins … he shows how Elvis made his way through this cultural briar patch … Margo Jefferson Word History First Known Use 1774, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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