Burk
noun
Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.
Burk
American
[burk]
/ bɜrk /
Or
Burke
noun
burk
British
/ bɜːk /
noun
Example Sentences
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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
"Wa'al, ef Jack Burk made you his heir, you're entitled ter your half of ther treasure, providin' you're ready ter stand your half of ther expenses ef we fail ter git thar."
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish
Bear witness of those chanting choirs that burk and shirk and snigger, No man laid hand upon the knife or finger to the trigger!
From Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling
"Or," put in Kelson, "he'll have a grievance against you, and accuse you of trying to burk the mystery."
From The Hunt Ball Mystery by William Magnay
Besides," said he, "why should you and I burk inquiry?
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
Yes, we women cannot burk the truth—the seduction and flattery of man by woman is writ large over the face of our present society, it speaks in our literature and in our art.
From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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