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burglar's wine

burglar's wine noun: drugged or poisoned wine.

Noun

burglar's wine (plural burglar's wines)

  1. Drugged or poisoned wine
    • 1920's arr: Grayson and Whitter Rose Conley
      I had a bottle of the burglar's wine which my true love did not know/and there I poison'd my own true love down under the banks below

Forms of burglar's wine

pluralburglar's wines

Questions about burglar's wine

What does burglar's wine mean?
Burglar's wine means drugged or poisoned wine.
What part of speech is burglar's wine?
Burglar's wine is a noun.
What is the plural of burglar's wine?
The plural of burglar's wine is burglar's wines.

Words near burglar's wine in the dictionary

  1. burglar
  2. burglar alarm
  3. burglar alarms
  4. burglar bar
  5. burglar bars
  6. burglar's wine
  7. burglar-proof
  8. burglared
  9. burglaree
  10. burglarees
  11. burglarer

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