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Definition: BURKISM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Burkism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: BURKISM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BURKISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)