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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1880
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BURROE, n.
1. "A kind of sea wrack; the tangle, Laminaria digitata" (Ant. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.).Ant. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gl. Ant. and Dwn.:
When I was sixteen I grew up as tall as a big burroe.
2. "A tall, shapeless person is called in derision a burroe" (Ib.).
[Phs. a reduced form of Burroch, n., with extended meaning.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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