burley
See also: Burley
English
Pronunciation
- Homophone: burly
Etymology
Origin unknown. Compare the personal name Burley.
Noun
burley (countable and uncountable, plural burleys)
- (US) A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes. [from late 19th c.]
- 1952, Glenn Leroy Johnson, Burley Tobacco Control Programs, page 59:
- The price received by farmers at the auctions for burley has decreased, other conditions being about average, around 1.45 cents for each 10-million-pound increase in the production of burley
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- (Australia) Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Anagrams
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