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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

"Last year, for $1 you would get 35 birr, now you get 45."

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2021

She said she was not told why she was detained, paid 3,000 birr to a policeman and was released five days later.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021

He added that citizens who receive remittances are “expected to convert their foreign currency into birr right away.”

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

In these days, spinning-jennies were not; and many a fireside was enlivened by the whirr of the "big" or the birr of the "wee" wheel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various