Definitions
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- noun
Bonfire .
Etymologies
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Alteration (due to association with burn) of Early Modern English boonfire, bondfire, bounfire ("bonfire"). More at bonfire.
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Examples
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It may ha 'been wicked, but there 't was, an' the thought kep 'arter me, till all I could think of was the chist; an' byme-by I says to Mary Ellen, one mornin ',' Le's open it to-day an 'make a burnfire!'
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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It may ha 'been wicked, but there 't was, an' the thought kep 'arter me, till all I could think of was the chist; an' byme-by I says to Mary Ellen, one mornin ',' Le's open it to-day an 'make a burnfire!'
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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"This is our land, and I guess I can have a burnfire if I want to."
Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902
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"I've got a burnfire," she said, and raked the harder.
Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902
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