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Definition of Burliest
1. burly [adj] - See also: burly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burliest
Literary usage of Burliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"Yet it is not always the burliest and the wildest who are the most to be dreaded.
The workers looked hungrily at him, and then jogged onwards upon their way ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"A History of Fine Arts In India and Ceylon from the burliest Times to the Present
Day. Hv VINCENT A. SMITH. . llj^xc,; pp. .s;,<>. with 5 colored plates. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"1527, was probably one of ili«- burliest proofs of the archbishop's favour.
In the early-part of 1028 he was sent with Gardiner by ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"Dr. Rançon. L'île de MacCarthy (Gambie). Morocco. Playfair and Brown. A Bibliography
of Morocco from the burliest Times to the end of 1891. By Lieut. ..."
5. Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes (1913)
"sings out Jack Haggles the long-stop, toughest and burliest of boys, commonly
called " Swiper Jack; " and forthwith stands on his head, and brandishes his ..."
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