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Complete Definition of "burke"

see|Burke
English

Etymology
Eponym, from w:William Burke|William Burke.

Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: bûrk
w:IPA|IPA:
w:SAMPA|SAMPA:
audio|en-us-burke.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)k|-��(r)k

Verb
en-verb|burk|es

  1. To murder by suffocation, or as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

#:1836 �You don�t mean to say he was burked, Sam?� said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round. � Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, s:The Pickwick Papers/Chapter 31|Chapter 31.

Noun
en-noun

  1. British|slang Variant spelling of berk.

Category:English eponyms

te:burke
vi:burke
zh:burke

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