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Burley

//ˈbɜː(ɹ)li// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Burlesque.

    "Burley shows came to Times Square after vaudeville started its decline, and took over many of the darkened old theaters. The Minsky family had become synonymous with burlesque beginning in its earliest days, was hugely profitable."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2103).
  3. 3
    A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8810).
  4. 4
    A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2780).
  5. 5
    A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire; see Burley in Wharfedale.
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  1. 6
    A city, the county seat of Cassia County, Idaho, United States.
  2. 7
    A census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes. US, countable, uncountable

    "The price received by farmers at the auctions for burley has decreased, other conditions being about average, around 1.45 cents for each 10-million-pound increase in the production of burley"

  2. 2
    Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish. Australia, countable, uncountable

    "Fish will swim up your burley trail looking for the source which should be where your baits are placed, instead of dumping a heap of burley at once where the fish will feed on it quickly and move on."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare the personal name Burley.

Etymology 2

From Old English burh (“burg”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

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