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Burgee vs Lurgee - What's the difference?

burgee | lurgee |

As nouns the difference between burgee and lurgee

is that burgee is a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by merchant ships to identify the vessel and by yachts to identify the yacht club while lurgee is (an illness or ailment).

burgee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by merchant ships to identify the vessel and by yachts to identify the yacht club.
  • A kind of small coal used in furnaces.

    • lurgee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (An illness or ailment)

    • References

    * (noun) Spellbound: the surprising origins and astonishing secrets of English spelling , by James Essinger, page 50 [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BeHcTJhnmEC&pg=PA50&dq=Lurgee&lr=&ei=hTq0SsGnMZzElAT594DxDw
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