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burglaree
noun 2
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3ADJ.
flat
VERB + BURGLAREE
blamed, hand, swapping
BURGLAREE + NOUN
fal
Definitions
noun
1
One who is burgled.
When The Critic solicited Phelps's opinion on international copyright, she said, “It seems to me there can be but two opinions on such a matter, and that they cannot be unlike those of the burglar and of the burglaree” (“An Appeal” 65).
To that the inner voice, resourceful devil that he was, had a persuasive counterargument: a burglary a few doors away, two days before I hit Mapes, would make Friday's burglary look like part of a string, and Mapes an incidental victim rather than a designated burglaree.
noun
1
Alternative form of burglary.
Beware, – to touch a beadle is, at least, flat burglaree.
A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea, Are trying their hand at a burglaree!
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When The Critic solicited Phelps's opinion on international copyright, she said, “It seems to me there can be but two opinions on such a matter, and that they cannot be unlike those of the burglar and
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To that the inner voice, resourceful devil that he was, had a persuasive counterargument: a burglary a few doors away, two days before I hit Mapes, would make Friday's burglary look like part of a str
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What was the world coming to when a burglar blamed the burglaree for causing the break-in?
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Beware, – to touch a beadle is, at least, flat burglaree.
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A rollicking band of pirates we, Who, tired of tossing on the sea, Are trying their hand at a burglaree!
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"Don't worry. We're just swapping soldiery for burglaree," said Fal. "Seeing as you disapprove of us doing soldiery properly."
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