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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Burglar

[burg-larron ]. The robber of a burgh, castle, or house. Burglary is called, in ancient law-books, hamesecken or hám-secn, house-violation.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Burgundian
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