burke

I think they used it first for Pethick Lawrence, that man who did so much to run the old militant suffragettes and burke the proper discussion of woman's future.

From Marriage by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Confound the greedy hypocrite!" said Bob; "does he think we shall let him burke the line for nothing?

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

He had been sure then, and he was sure now, that Ministers desired to burke the question, to deceive the people, to produce a bill that should be no bill.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony

It has been said that in the delays in bringing forward this subject, I have been anxious to burke discussion.

From Indian speeches (1907-1909) by Morley, John

You cannot, beyond a certain limit of time, burke reality.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire

They burked the challenge then; their half measures of diplomatic ostracism only strengthened Franco with his own people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir Charles's proposal was burked; but he had laid the powder, which was soon after fired and led to the successive explosions around the Parnell Commission.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

We feel a devout conviction that Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skeggs would have burked Goldsmith!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

‘There,’ says I to the people, ‘don’t you make no mistake: I ain’t burked the gent as took it into his head to dress up and come to see—’ But there!

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

I am sorry to say that, stenographically speaking, I burked Isaiah, and contented myself with the long-hand abbreviation, Is., and as to the text itself, I thought the first three words would suffice.

From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William

Any tax, therefore, levied on those who have neither land nor money is a crying injustice, except, indeed," he added with bitter irony, "we admit of a small pole-tax to keep down burking.

From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 1 of 3) by Loudon, Margracia

"I'm not even allowed to weed my own garden now," John thought, burking the point at issue; and his disillusionment became so profound that he actually invited Harold to go for a walk with him.

From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton

Macdonald's motion provoked charges of burking free discussion, and counter-charges of obstruction, want of patriotism and inclinations towards annexation.

From George Brown by Lewis, John

But there is an Ulster difficulty, and no amount of burking it will solve it.

From The Insurrection in Dublin by Stephens, James

For there is no burking the truth that in many respects the American woman carries about her a peculiar charm ungranted as yet to her European sisters.

From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Allen, Grant