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burton (1)
[burton 词源字典]
"Meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed", Second World War (originally RAF slang): perhaps referring to
Burton
ale, from Burton upon Trent.
[burton etymology, burton origin, 英语词源]
burton (2)
"A light two-block tackle for hoisting", Early 18th century: alteration of Middle English
Breton tackle
, a nautical term in the same (see
Breton
).