Burra

/ bʌrə /

noun

1. BurraEdward (John)19051976MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Edward ( John ). 1905–76, British painter, noted esp for his depiction of squalid and grotesque subjects

Example Sentences

It was a business with a great reputation and patronised by all the Burra Memsahibs of Calcutta.

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I found him, lonely and unbefriended, the very next night after our talk, at the Dugald Delanes' burra-khana.

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In 1845 Burra Burra was a lonely moor; in 1850 it was bustling with men, and noisy with the sounds of engines, pumps and forges.

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I quickened the pace of the burra, and was soon close at its side.

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In less than an hour I was on the other side of the pass, mounted on the savage burra.

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