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Definition of Burking
1. burke [v] - See also: burke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burking
Literary usage of Burking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"More recently (1842), his works hare been collected by Dr Henry Köders, who has
prefaced the collection by an able biographical and critical sketch. burking ..."
2. A Tour Around New York, and My Summer Acre: Being the Recreations of Mr by John Flavel Mines (1893)
"... WAITING—THREE HEBREW CEMETERIES — THE burking EPISODE—SLAVES OF THE OLDEN
TIME " FELIX," said my grandmother, with an altogether unaccustomed solemnity, ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1832)
"THE '• burking" SYSTEM. THE fearful disclosures made within the last week or two,
... The cry of " burking" is once more revived ; and, candidly speaking, ..."
4. The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times: A Fragment by George Macgregor, George Mac Gregor (1884)
""burking" in London—Apprehension of Bishop, Williams, and May—Their Trial,
Confession, and Execution—He-introduction and Passing of the Anatomy Act. THIS ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery of Maryland. [1811-1832] by Maryland High Court of Chancery, Theodorick Bland (1840)
"any one but the defendant burking. Nor does it appear that the exceptions to the
answer of the defendant Alexander B. Hanna, have been in any way disposed ..."
6. A History of Edinburgh from the Earliest Period to the Completion of the by John Anderson, of Edinburgh John Anderson (1856)
"This man's name led to the embodying of a new word in the language, burking.
The criminal was executed the following month. ..."
7. Half Century: Its History, Political and Social by Washington Wilks (1853)
"... burking," were the worst of these. For some years the graveyards for miles
around the metropolis, and wherever there were surgical schools, ..."
8. The Half Century: Its History, Political and Social by Washington Wilks (1852)
"Body-snatching," and its more frightful sequence, " burking," were the worst of
these. For some years the graveyards for miles around the metropolis, ..."
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