Burk

American

[burk] / bɜrk /

Or Burke

noun

Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.

burk British

/ bɜːk /

noun

slang a variant spelling of berk

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Graeme Burk, a Canadian broadcasting historian who edited Newman's memoirs for publication, said none of that would have happened without Hailey's play.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“It made sense to do a huge price drop — and it worked,” Brenda Burk, Holland’s real-estate agent with Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

Despite state officials from both parties explaining that machines could indeed read such ballots, a woman named Staci Burk quickly filed a lawsuit regarding the issue.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

“The airport has served as an economic driver for the town and for the county,” said Leesburg Mayor Kelly Burk.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Accordingly, as soon as the preparations for their journey could be made, our party, now increased by the addition of Musgrove and his daughter, set forward on their travel towards Burk Court House.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

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