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Burroughs meaning
- An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
- A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.
Synonyms of Burroughs
Using Burroughs
- The main meaning on this page is: An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort. | A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.
- Useful related words include: william seward burroughs, writer, author, william burroughs.
- In the example corpus, burroughs often appears in combinations such as: burroughs and, william burroughs, the burroughs.
Context around Burroughs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burroughs
- In this selection, "burroughs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, william, bonnie, rice, adding, played and know stand out and add context to how "burroughs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1953 the burroughs adding machine and a sophomore burroughs saw limited. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burroughs" sits close to words such as adversary, bleed and compel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burroughs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Burbank registered a 17-1 home win against Burroughs on Sept. 26. (12 words)
A second report provided to the DoI by Burroughs Stewart Associates also recommended immediate demolition. (15 words)
Burroughs had one child, William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), with his second wife Joan Vollmer. (16 words)
Plot The book is a series of diary entries by each of the four main characters: Zebadiah John Carter, programmer Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter, her mathematics professor father Jacob Burroughs, and an off-campus socialite Hilda Corners. (38 words)
Brandhall went back to the top of the table with an 11-0 victory over Delph Runners – Kyle Armstrong (four), Mason Parks (two), Jacob Burroughs (two), Lawson Birch, Jermelle Banner and Blaine Hughes the scorers. (35 words)
Although he made the varsity team last year as a sophomore, Burroughs saw limited playing time on a very deep team that went 12-1 overall and finished 7-0 in the Metro League. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Jane and her husband were blessed with four sons, William Burroughs of Toledo, Joel (Tamera) Burroughs of Lyons, Brian (Marcia Cole) Burroughs of Adrian, MI and Darren (Kelly) Burroughs of Lyons.
Selina lets Gladys Corbin, Bonnie Burroughs (played by Bonnie Burroughs), know that they have a serious problem.
At first King Features tried to purchase the rights to the John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs ; however, the syndicate were unable to reach an agreement with Burroughs.
Burroughs had one child, William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), with his second wife Joan Vollmer.
But the biggest shift in company history came in 1953: the Burroughs Adding Machine Company was renamed the Burroughs Corporation and began moving into computer products, initially for banking institutions.
Financed by a reclusive acquaintance of Burroughs, the project lost traction after financial problems and creative disagreements between Hopper and Burroughs.
Girodias had given Burroughs only ten days to prepare the manuscript for print galleys, and Burroughs sent over the manuscript in pieces, preparing the parts in no particular order.
He admired Burroughs' use of "repeated symbols that would become laden with meaning" in Burroughs' only comic strip, " The Unspeakable Mr. Hart ", which appeared in the British underground magazine Cyclops.
He attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis where his first published essay, "Personal Magnetism", was printed in the John Burroughs Review in 1929.
In 1904, six years after Burroughs' death, the company moved to Detroit and changed its name to the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.
Plot The book is a series of diary entries by each of the four main characters: Zebadiah John Carter, programmer Dejah Thoris "Deety" Burroughs Carter, her mathematics professor father Jacob Burroughs, and an off-campus socialite Hilda Corners.
Reception and criticism In a Paris Review interview, Ray Bradbury said of Burroughs that "Edgar Rice Burroughs never would have looked upon himself as a social mover and shaker with social obligations.
They returned to St. Louis to visit Burroughs's parents and then moved with her daughter to Texas. citation Vollmer soon became pregnant with Burroughs's child.
William Burroughs was also a native of St. Louis, and it was through Carr that Kerouac came to know both Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.
Although he made the varsity team last year as a sophomore, Burroughs saw limited playing time on a very deep team that went 12-1 overall and finished 7-0 in the Metro League.
A second report provided to the DoI by Burroughs Stewart Associates also recommended immediate demolition.
Brandhall went back to the top of the table with an 11-0 victory over Delph Runners – Kyle Armstrong (four), Mason Parks (two), Jacob Burroughs (two), Lawson Birch, Jermelle Banner and Blaine Hughes the scorers.
Burbank registered a 17-1 home win against Burroughs on Sept. 26.
Burroughs (20-4, 8-1 in league) holds a half-game lead over Arcadia (7-1 in league).
Burroughs, a forensic expert, notably served as the CSI on the investigation into the death of Caylee Anthony.
Common combinations with burroughs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: