burthen
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- burthensome adjective
Example Sentences
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The vapours weep their burthen to the ground,
From Washington Post
Lincoln also prioritized progressive taxation, insisting that “the burthen of revenue falls almost entirely on the wealthy and luxurious few, while the substantial and laboring many … go entirely free.”
From MSNBC
If a not inconsiderable number of the higher middle classes gained the special privileges of nobility, the burthens of the rest of the people were only increased thereby.
From Project Gutenberg
Tails were sent by Nature, not merely as an ornament, but to enable the animal to whisk away the flies, which in hot weather render its life a burthen.
From Project Gutenberg
Captain Abraham Prout, master and part owner of the topsail schooner Myrtle, of 120 tons burthen, came on deck on hearing the mate give the order "All hands shorten sail!"
From Project Gutenberg
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