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berk
(berk)
Pronunciation:
/bəːk/
(also
burk
or
burke
)
noun
British
informal
a stupid person.
Origin:
1930s
: abbreviation of
Berkeley
or
Berkshire Hunt
, rhyming slang for 'cunt'
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1
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