bure
Americannoun
plural
bures-
a traditional Fijian style of house.
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a vacation house in a Fijian resort.
Example Sentences
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The resort is on its own island, a five square mile paradise off of Suva where guests can scuba or snorkel through a marine preserve, accessed directly in front of their bure.
From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2015
Go to breakfast, drink coffee, eat eggs, go back to bure, and take a nap 'til 10:00 a.m.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was it for this, wi’ canny care, Thou bure the bard through many a shire?
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Ygarne beh to bure & lætte bed him makien.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Was it for this, wi' cannie care, Thou bure the Bard through many a shire?
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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