burley
1an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown especially in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes.
Origin of burley
1Words Nearby burley
Other definitions for burley (2 of 3)
a burlesque show.
Origin of burley
2Other definitions for Burley (3 of 3)
a male given name.
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How to use burley in a sentence
Its roots are agrarian, the rich bottomlands of Graves County providing ideal conditions for the burley leaf tobacco my grandfather grew there.
My Family's Hometown Was Destroyed by a Tornado But For Many It Had Already Been Lost | Lee Cole | December 14, 2021 | TimeShe planned to use her work lunch break to see her doctor in burley, about nine-and-a-half miles away.
Idaho Woman Who Gave Birth on Highway: ‘I Had to Pull My Pants Down to Get the Baby Out’ | Dale Eisinger | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"There's burley," said Blackie, clad in a long oilskin and a sou'wester as he checked off the home-coming adventurers.
Tam O' The Scoots | Edgar WallaceHe died in the course of a few days, at the age of seventy-seven, and was buried in burley churchyard, near Otley.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-Gould"Not so," answered Sir Simon burley, who had watched the approaching host with a darkening face.
The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
burley lay senseless, stunned by a blow from a mace, and half of the men-at-arms lay littered upon the ground around him.
The White Company | Arthur Conan DoyleSome minutes before this Mr. burley rushed from the mansion on Telegraph Hill without meeting or taking formal leave of anybody.
Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for burley (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɜːlɪ) /
a variant spelling of berley
British Dictionary definitions for burley (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɜːlɪ) /
a light thin-leaved tobacco, grown esp in Kentucky
Origin of burley
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