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burke

The correct spelling is burke.

How to pronounce burke

/bɜː(ɹ)k/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.(sometimes affectionate) A fool, prat, twit.
  2. 2.Cunt.

verb

  1. 1.To murder by suffocation
  2. 2.To murder for the same purpose as Burke, to kill in order to have a body to sell to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
  3. 3.To smother; to conceal, hush up, suppress.

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