Burrowed
[bʌrəud]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Burrow
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Examples
- The farmer, compared with the proprietor, is as a merchant who trades with burrowed money, compared with one who trades with his own. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here, in these holes in the ground, the first Christians sometimes burrowed to escape persecution. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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