burd
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burd
1175–1225; Middle English burde lady, perhaps representing Old English byrde well born
Example Sentences
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Thare iz no burd kan beat a patridge on the wing for one hundred yards, i am authorized tew bet on this.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
"Aw wish aw wor a burd," shoo sang, Aw nivver could tell why,— For it wod be a waste o' wings Becoss shoo couldn't fly.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley
She's a lithe burd, it's true; that, I suppose, Is why you think her made of spirit,—unless You've seen her angry: she has a blazing temper.—
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
"Ye lied, ye lied, ye bonny burd, "Sae loud's I hear ye lie; "As I came by the Lowden banks, "They bade gude e'en to me.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
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