burley
/ˈbɜː(ɹ)li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.85 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tobacco grown mainly in Kentucky, used in making cigarettes.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Blood and offal used by fishermen to attract fish.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Countable; Uncountable
adj
name
A surname.
name
A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2103).
name
A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire; see Burley in Wharfedale.
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "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."
- "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."
- "The Western Vaudeville Managers' Association (WVMA) and the Orpheum soon merged. [...] opined, "that the top all-around artist of today is Jim Barton, who was a burley comic, a skater, a storyteller, a dancer, a singer,[…]""
- "It can vary anywhere from burley (burlesque) to Phi Beta Kappa. […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage