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burl
noun- an attempt, try or go at anything AUSTRALIA, 1917
- Cripes–fair crack of the whip–like no–but I’ll give it a burl if you really reckon my song was a bit of all right. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 16, 1968
- Is that all? No probs. I’ll give it a burl. — The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, 1972
- in horse racing, odds of 5–1 AUSTRALIA
Rhyming slang, abbreviated from “Burl Ives” for “fives”. - — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 10, 1989
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