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berk

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berk or burk
Noun
Brit, Austral & NZ slang a stupid person; fool [Berkshire Hunt, rhyming slang for cunt]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.berkberk - a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
Translations
berk [bəːk] n (BRIT) (col) → capullo/a (!)
berk [bəːk] n (Brit) (inf) → andouille m/f
berk [bəːk] (inf) n → Dussel m
berk [bəːk] n (BRIT ) (col!) → coglione/a (!)


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However, it is time for us to get from the general to the particular; so, leaving the great army of Browns, who are scattered over the whole empire on which the sun never sets, and whose general diffusion I take to be the chief cause of that empire's stability; let us at once fix our attention upon the small nest of Browns in which our hero was hatched, and which dwelt in that portion of the royal county of Berks which is called the Vale of White Horse.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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