Definition of "Bradbury"

Bradbury¹

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Bradburys
1. (uncountable) A placename:
  1. A village in Bradbury and the Isle parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3128).
  2. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  3. A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Bradbury²

noun
plural Bradburys
1. (UK, slang) A British banknote issued during WW I in denominations of £1 or 10 shillings.
  Quotations
  "And the contents of my cigarette-case are half a dozen gaspers, and a ten-bob Bradbury patched together with stamp paper!"
  1920, Sapper, Bulldog Drummond‎
  "Well, the price of a drink will do as well. If you've got a Bradbury about you I could do with it, for there's nothing coming my way." Tom Linden took a pound note from his desk.
  1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019