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Definition of Burnies
1. burnie [n] - See also: burnie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnies
Literary usage of Burnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"... We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine Upbraid. Up wi' the best. . . 7"o (f .
Simpson, o. Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain, . ..."
2. Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope [1828-1849] by William Menzies, James L. Buchanan (1903)
"The Court were unanimously of opinion that the bond, in virtue of which preference
has been awarded to Dickson & burnies, was granted not only in security ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1885)
"After standing there for some time, they went down the valley of the burnies,
and disappeared among the hazels and birches of the thicket near Burnie Bridge ..."
4. Tales and Sketches by James Hogg (1837)
"Is there blood in the moorlands Where the wild burnies rin ? ... ay, an' the wild
burnies too ! I hae seen them mysel leave a reid strip on the sand an' the ..."
5. The Brownie of Bodsbeck: And Other Tales by James Hogg (1818)
"Mony a water as weel as the Clyde has run reid wi' blude, an' that no sae lang
sin' syne !—ay, an' the wild burnies too! ..."
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