burb
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burb
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Bangsar, at one time Kuala Lumpur's beer-and java-fueled social epicenter, is not quite the buzzing burb it used to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yeah—I kept getting burb runs. Tough luck, big guy.”
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
One mile farther, eight from Hungerford, and we are in Newbury, perhaps the "new burb" in comparison with the older settlement of Speen.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
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