Burnaby
a city in SW British Columbia, Canada near Vancouver.
Historical Examples
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various
The Best Short Stories of 1917 Various
From Out the Vasty Deep Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
The Best Short Stories of 1917 Various
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century Charles Morris
The Best Short Stories of 1917 Various
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885 Charles Royle
Ralph the Heir Anthony Trollope
My Life as an Author Martin Farquhar Tupper
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Execute someone by tying to a stake and burning; also, punish severely. This expression refers to a method used in the Middle Ages for putting heretics to death, but now it is used as a hyperbolic metaphor for harsh punishment, as in She was sure she’d be burned at the stake for losing the contract. […]
- Burn-bag
a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.
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a specialized medical facility that provides comprehensive care for patients with burn injuries.
- Finger
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb. a part of a glove made to receive a finger. the breadth of a finger as a unit of measurement; digit. the length of a finger: approximately 4½ inches (11 cm). Slang. an informer or spy. something like a finger in […]
- Burn-in
to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire: […]