Definition of buirdly Buirdly
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What does buirdly mean?
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| buirdly - muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term" | ||
| beefy, burly, husky, strapping | ||
| robust rough and crude; "a robust tale" | ||
| scotland one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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buirdly
bürd′li, adj. stalwart, large and well made. [Scot., a variant of Burly.]
