burgery

English

Noun

burgery (plural burgeries)

  1. The governing body of a burgh or borough
  2. burgage

Etymology 2

burger + -ery

Alternative forms

Noun

burgery (plural burgeries)

  1. A fast food restaurant specialising in hamburgers
    Synonym: hamburgery

Etymology 3

burger + -y

Adjective

burgery (comparative more burgery, superlative most burgery)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a burger.
    Synonym: hamburgery
    • 1993, Leah Leneman, 365 Plus One Vegan Recipes: Delicious Meals and Ideas for Every Day of the Year, London: Thorsons, HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 98:
      Steaming tempeh in a flavoured sauce can give it a ‘burgery’ flavour with no great effort.
    • 2003 fall, Caitlin Lam, “Hamburgers”, in A Celebration of Young Poets: Northeast – Fall 2003, Logan, Ut.: Creative Communication, Inc., published 2004, page 54:
      It’s the burgery smell I just can’t resist / Everything is hamburgers / On my Christmas list.
    • 2006, How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Takeout (Food Network Kitchens), Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 61:
      Ground sirloin is lower in fat and steakier tasting than chuck, which is why we use it. For a more classic burgery taste, go with a blend of the two.
    • 2012 November, Karla Zimmerman, Regis St Louis, Washington, DC, 5th edition, Footscray, Vic., Oakland, Calif., London: Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 158:
      For a quick bite, Downtown offers a couple of food courts popular with office workers. One is inside the Old Post Office Pavilion []. The other is the Shops at National Place (529 W 14th St NW), inside the National Press Club Building, where Five Guys wafts its burgery goodness.
    • 2020 September 16, Kevin L. Hoover, “Arcata Police Log: The Era of Annoyance cedes to the Age of Aggressive Obnoxiousness”, in Mad River Union, volume 7, number 52, Arcata, Calif., →ISSN, page 5, column 5:
      Further demonstrating the chronic reverse-wisdom of orange-hued individuals, the SUV driver entered the drive-thru lane and attempted to place an order. Refused burgery goodness on grounds of prior shitheadery, he threatened an employee’s life.
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