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rickburners

rickburners is the plural of rickburner.

Meaning of rickburner

Noun

rickburner (plural rickburners)

  1. An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks.
    • Wherever the magistrates interfere, the interference is always fatal; […] afraid of the vengeance of the rickburner, they dare not refuse (even if they wish it) allowance to the pauper.1833, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, England and the English

Questions about rickburners

What is rickburners the plural of?
Rickburners is the plural of rickburner.

Words near rickburners in the dictionary

  1. Rickaby
  2. Rickard
  3. rickardite
  4. Rickards
  5. rickburner
  6. rickburners
  7. Ricke
  8. ricked
  9. Rickel
  10. Rickels
  11. Rickelses

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