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burton

noun
🔊/ˈbɜːtn/
🔊/ˈbɜːrtn/
Word OriginSecond World War (originally RAF slang): perhaps referring to Burton ale, from Burton-upon-Trent, UK.
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Idioms
gone for a burton
  1. (old-fashioned, British English, informal) lost or destroyed失踪；毁坏了

Burton

🔊/ˈbɜːtn/
🔊/ˈbɜːrtn/
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  1. any of a group of British shops selling men's clothes. There are Burton shops in many British towns.