Crossword-Solution: BURKE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Burke | v. t. | To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection. |
| Burke | v. t. | To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BURKE (5)
Burke a-fightin’ and a-wranglin’ between them, if we Englishmen should ’low them to go on in their ungodly way.
Harry Burke started his free money movement sincerely enough; now he’s sponging on a half-starved sister for endless brandies and sodas.
General York, in this as in every case, inquired if the family desired to leave, informing them that Major Burke, of 'The Times-Democrat,' has sent the 'Susie' up for that purpose.
Thus we speak of the extraordinary capacity of such men as Lord Bacon, Blaise Pascal, and Edmund Burke.
The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, ½to obtain what by labor can be obtained.¸ J.Morley.
Quotes with BURKE (3)
Earth is a homicide victim. We lose our children. There are wars. Disease. And God comes strolling by like a cosmic Billie Burke.
During all that time I didn't see Willie. I didn't see him again until he announced in the Democratic primary in 1930. But it wasn't a primary. It was hell among the yearlings and the Charge of the Light Brigade and Saturday night in the back room of Casey's saloon rolled into one, and when the dust cleared away not a picture still hung on the walls. And there wasn't any Democratic party. There was just Willie, with his hair in his eyes and his shirt sticking to his stomach w…
The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Rock & Roll, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 37 times in crossword archives (1953–2019).