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burdock
noun
What it means
- Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic MonkeysSynonyms: gobo
In a sentence
Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic Monkeys
Where it comes from
- Middle English*bury dokke
- Englishburdock
From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) + dock.
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