burier
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of burier
Example Sentences
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But multiple owners identified their greyhound as a frequent toy burier.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2022
Fenn very much wanted to be known, even idolized, as the burier of a chest containing gold coins, jewelry and other baubles with an estimated worth of at least $1 million.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2021
In 1897 he married Gussie Grady, daughter of the late great Editor Henry Woodfin Grady of the Atlanta Constitution, prophet of the "New South," burier of the bloody shirt.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is as a buyer and burier of books that the subject of this paper showed himself in most interesting light.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)
He is a singular being, certainly—once a coffin-maker, and now, I believe, a burier of the dead.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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