burg
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7.9
- noun
- /bɜrg/
- Informal
:
pueblo
- I was born and raised in a blue-collar chunk of Trenton called the Burg.
You had the tour burgs, which are all your, that's all your gun runners.
- You had the tour burgs, which are all your, that's all your gun runners.
Examples
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It's probably impossible to get lost in a burg this size.
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She grew up in a burg in southern lndiana.
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Are you going to show just one local, or does this burg have other people?
Fiction book (1990) -
I was sick of that little burg.
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...this was our last stand in this burg.
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In the burg, it's always been weak against the strong.
Academic text (2006) -
You are who you want to be in the burg.
Academic text (2006) -
You know, Eddie, we're wasting our time in a burg like this.
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I've had nothing, nothing but bad luck in this burg.
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I was born and raised in a small burg near the coast.
Synonyms
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1.5
A community with few people and few shops
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9.9
A Scottish town that has its own local government
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Etymology
Burg comes from an old word that meant 'fort' or 'town with walls'. The same root appears in German Burg and in place names like Pittsburgh, and today English uses burg informally to mean a small town.