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burning shame
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Metaphor for the female genitals. Captain Francis Grose defined this word in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' A lighted candle stuck into the parts of a woman, certainly not intended by nature for a candlestick.' See vagina for synonyms.
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Burmese balls
Burmese Bull
burn
burn artist
burn bad powder
burn one's poker
burn out
burn the grass
burn up over
BURN.E
burned
burner
burnies
burnin' up the charts
burning
burning bush
burnish
burnt
burnt cheese
buroo
BURP
burp the baldman
burp the worm
burping the baby
burping the worm
burqa
burrito
Burro
bursa of fabricius
bursar
BURSI
Burmese Bull
burn
burn artist
burn bad powder
burn one's poker
burn out
burn the grass
burn up over
BURN.E
burned
burner
burnies
burnin' up the charts
burning
burning bush
burning shame
burning the midnight oilburnish
burnt
burnt cheese
buroo
BURP
burp the baldman
burp the worm
burping the baby
burping the worm
burqa
burrito
Burro
bursa of fabricius
bursar
BURSI