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burner
noun- a criminal who specialises in breaking into safes using an acetylene torch US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 37, 1950
- We were going to need burners for the big stuff, but there wasn’t a torch man in the mob. — Charles Hamilton, Men of the Underworld, p. 140, 1952
- a handgun US, 1926
- “What, your ass don’t need a burner?” — Paul Beatty, Tuff, p. 4, 2000
- I made sure that I had a burner tucked in my sweatpants and Boomer was ready by my side. — Earl “DMX” Simmons, E.A.R.L., p. 181, 2002
- Gray got caught up in a beef with a group of about 10 Hispanic men, one of whom was boasting about having a burner–street slang for a handgun–and trying to bait him with taunts of “You want it? You want it?” — Boston Herald, p. 14, 23 June 2002
- As the tape resumed, Mr. Jacobus translated street slang for the jury (“burner” means gun). — New York Times, p. B3, 29 November 2006
- Jurors heard a recording of a phone call Childress made from the St. Lucie County Jail soon after his arrest asking a friend to “get the burner.” — St. Lucie News Tribune (Florida), p. B5, 2 May 2009
- a very fast runner US
- — Bill Shefski, Running Press Glossary of Football Language, p. 21, 1978
- Can you imagine what it’s gonna be like to have them two burners in my backfield? — Dan Jenkins, Life Its Ownself, p. 164, 1984
- an extraordinary person US
- “He’s a burner, ain’t he?” he said. — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 76, 1952
- a marijuana smoker US
- Only burners like you get high. — The Breakfast Club, 1985
- Jay and Silent Bob watch as Dante passes. A small group of burners are poised around the store door. — Kevin Smith, Clerks, p. 125, 1994
- — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang, p. 47, 1997
- a drug addiction US
- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 51, 1992
- a complete piece of graffiti art US, 1997
- A “burner” in an autograph book reflects well on both the artist and the owner of the book. — Craig Castleman, Getting Up, p. 21, 1982
- — Jim Crotty, How to Talk American, p. 140, 1997
- a knife US
- — Jeffrey Ian Ross, Behind Bars, p. 182, 2002: Slammer Slang
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