Burberryn.
/ˈbəːbəri/ A proprietary name for: cloth or clothing made by the firm of Burberrys Ltd.; spec. a raincoat made by this firm. Also in form Burberrys (a proprietary name in the United Kingdom).
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1903 Burberry Yarn Proofs 3 Burberry Yarn Proof Coatings.
1909 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Oct. 1717 Burberrys. Cloths and Stuffs of Wool, Worsted and Hair. The Firm trading as Burberrys, 30 to 33 Haymarket..Outfitters.
1915 T. Cassels Men Knotted Heart iii. 37 Somebody presented to him once a Burberry.
1919 C. Orr Glorious Thing iii She was clad in a drooping burberry coat.
1944 A. Christie Towards Zero 89 ‘It's raining, you know.’ ‘I know, I've got a Burberry.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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