Poor quality diamond
bort \bort\ (noun) - Poor-quality diamond, or diamond fragment, used as an industrial abrasive, as in grinding wheel.
"James was so notoriously cheap that Theresa wasn't at all surprised to discover that her supposedly 'high-quality' engangement ring contained nothing more than a bort."
Possibly metathetic variation of brot, from Old English gebrot, fragment.
"James was so notoriously cheap that Theresa wasn't at all surprised to discover that her supposedly 'high-quality' engangement ring contained nothing more than a bort."
Possibly metathetic variation of brot, from Old English gebrot, fragment.
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