![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordburke - v., to suppress or extinguish quietly, stifle; to kill without leaving a mark on the body, as by suffocation.
After William Burke (1792-1829), Irish-born grave robber and murderer who supplied unmarked bodies for dissection.
---L.
After William Burke (1792-1829), Irish-born grave robber and murderer who supplied unmarked bodies for dissection.
---L.
