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- noun Plural form of
burb .
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Examples
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I took a few jabs at urban folks complaining about the weather and she responds by saying anything outside the "burbs" is "trashy".
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Over the hedge -- A black bear that had been hanging out in the 'burbs is caught and sent back to do whatever bears do in the woods.
Short Takes 2009
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The Neshaminy Creek here in the Philadelphia burbs is loaded with them.
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The Neshaminy Creek here in the Philadelphia burbs is loaded with them.
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But a solar-heated house in the burbs is still a house in the burbs, and if you have to drive to it, even in a Prius, it’s hardly green.
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One thing I like about living (and working) in the ‘burbs is that not having to fight for cheap parking or pay through the nose for expensive spots.
Scheming Homeless, Parking Mafia, and Meter Fairy: Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell 2009
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But a solar-heated house in the burbs is still a house in the burbs, and if you have to drive to it, even in a Prius, it’s hardly green.
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The only way you’re going to get people out of their huge houses on big lots out in the deep burbs is to substantially raise the cost of that lifestyle relative to the cost of living a more urban lifestyle.
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The areas of Hennepin, St. Louis, and Ramsey that have reported in where the 'burbs aka Gooperville USA.
Franken Camp Fires Back At GOP's Massive Campaign Of "Vague And Baseless Claims" 2009
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I think I go about my life a bit more cautiously in the city than I would in the 'burbs, which is a personal tradeoff that I am willing to make at this time, and that, as a result, I actually am safer.
marcona almonds 2006
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