Noogoora burr

Certainly Weaver has been the burr under Palmer's saddle for almost his entire career.

The old dog stuck to her like a burr, and she had not the heart to take up a stick to enforce obedience.

Although the trial involved many political entanglements, Burr was finally acquitted.

Philip Burr led them into a back street, where his own handsome automobile was placed at their service.

Then there came a jar, a burr of wheels and springs, and the tinkle of silver-toned metal striking nine.

It simply walked straight over it, and when it had passed there was not a burr left on the stalks.