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Definition of Burgles
1. burgle [v] - See also: burgle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burgles
Literary usage of Burgles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing, a Concise Description of ...by R. Lyle, J. Lyle, W. Peacock by R. Lyle, J. Lyle, W. Peacock (1795)
"A beacon ufed to be placed on the top of a neighbouring hill in the times of the
Saxons. burgles, a town of ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"5<>4 I. At the same time he came to know and to correspond with Cromwell, who in
153(5 procured him a nomination to be burgles ,>r Buckingham (io. x. ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"WHEN the Winter nights close in, And the pleasant fogs begin ; When the moon's
intrusive light Is obscured from mortal sight ; He who burgles by sound rules ..."
4. My Diaries: Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914 by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1921)
"Oh,' he said,' we are all burglars now.' I said: ' If you will allow me to say
it, you are in the position of a bishop who burgles a church. ..."
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