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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They are a long lived burd, and like the bumble bee, are the biggest when they are born.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw
For never, I am sure, a wearier burd Rade in your companie.'—
From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Robert Naylor
Catch’t e the burd-lime’s trecherus twigs, To weer he chanc’d to stray, The burd iz fassend fathers leaves, Then gladly flies away.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright
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
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