Lexicographical Neighbors of Birler
Literary usage of Birler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"J birler, or BURLER, the master of the revels, or person presiding over and
directing the feast at a Cumberland bidden- wedding, whose office it is to take ..."
2. Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of by City of London (England), Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1905)
"... on pain of forfeiture if they sell elsewhere ; and further that no " birler '"
nor ... birler ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"birler. The person who handed round the ale at a Cumberland feast, and whose duty it
... Magnusson says,' the word in Icelandic corresponding to birler is ..."
4. A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le by Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave (1896)
"birler. The person who handed round the ale at a Cumberland feast, and whose duty it
... Magnusson says, ' the word in Icelandic corresponding to birler is ..."
5. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"birler, a butler, or pourer out of liquor. In Cumberland, according to Mr.
Halliwell, birler signifies a master of the revels at a wedding; ..."
6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"birler. The master of the revels at a bidding, wedding in Cumberland, perhaps
from birle, one of his duties being to superintend the re freshments. ..."
7. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"J birler, or BURLER, the master of the revels, or person presiding over and
directing the feast at a Cumberland bidden- wedding, whose office it is to take ..."
8. Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of by City of London (England), Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1905)
"... on pain of forfeiture if they sell elsewhere ; and further that no " birler '"
nor ... birler ..."
9. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"birler. The person who handed round the ale at a Cumberland feast, and whose duty it
... Magnusson says,' the word in Icelandic corresponding to birler is ..."
10. A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le by Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave (1896)
"birler. The person who handed round the ale at a Cumberland feast, and whose duty it
... Magnusson says, ' the word in Icelandic corresponding to birler is ..."
11. The Lost Beauties of the English Language: An Appeal to Authors, Poets by Charles Mackay (1874)
"birler, a butler, or pourer out of liquor. In Cumberland, according to Mr.
Halliwell, birler signifies a master of the revels at a wedding; ..."
12. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"birler. The master of the revels at a bidding, wedding in Cumberland, perhaps
from birle, one of his duties being to superintend the re freshments. ..."
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