Meaning of buro | Babel Free

Definitions

1. an office
2. a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
3. a chest of drawers for clothes
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Examples

“… an employment buro said on Tuesday. The retrenchments took place between November last year and March 1998, the Employment Buro of Africa's regional manager, Chris Hechter said.”

“… a member of both the council of ministers and the Cuban Communist Party's political buro.”

“Mrs. Arp opens her school and stands 'em up by the buro to say their lessons.”

“And I went up into the spare chamber, and sort o' fixed Philury's things to the best advantage; for I knew the neighbors would be in to look at 'em. And I was a standin' there as calm and happy as the buro or table, ...”

“One can only speculate about the appearance of the "New-fashion buro" advertised for sale in the Boaton Gazette of May 1, 1750.”

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