burthen
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bur·then·some, adjective
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Burthen
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example sentences
The burthen of the present cry for prison reform is that the existing system neglects the one and carries the other too far.
Time, instead of lightening the burthen, appeared to add to it.
They are a burthen, a nuisance, which the already equipped corps can in no case be reasonably expected to withstand.
But if it fail, and fall out contrary, thyself alone deservedly shalt carry the shameful reproach and burthen of either party.
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