See Also: burton(1)(dictionary)
burton(2)(dictionary)
burton(dictionary)
Burton's line(medicine)
Burton Place(tourism)
Burton, Richard(dictionary)
Lane, Burton(encyclopedia)
Burton (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Burton, Robert(encyclopedia)
Burton, Richard(encyclopedia)

burton(2) (iou)



burton noun2. colloq. (orig. RAF slang). Also Burton. M20.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from Burton ale from Burton-on-Trent, a town in Staffordshire, England.]
go for a burton, be killed, destroyed, ruined, or lost.