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Uncommonburke
The correct spelling is burke.
How to pronounce burke
/bɜː(ɹ)k/
nounIPA: /bɜː(ɹ)k/
Say it like: Bur-ke
The correct spelling is burke. (sometimes affectionate) A fool, prat, twit.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(sometimes affectionate) A fool, prat, twit.
- 2.Cunt.
verb
- 1.To murder by suffocation
- 2.To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
- 3.To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.
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