Burd (Helen)
.The Scotch female impersonation of the French preux or prudʹhomme, with this difference, that she is discreet, rather than brave and wise.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.