Barretry
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excepting; except for: Barring accidents, I’ll be there. a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose: the bars of a cage. an oblong piece of any solid material: a bar of soap; a candy bar. the amount of […]
- Barroom
an establishment or room with a bar for the serving of alcoholic beverages. Historical Examples But his persecutor was made ugly by his potations, and swore that Phil should drink before he left the barroom. Phil the Fiddler Horatio Alger, Jr. Or else, in some barroom, a footfall from behind and a bullet through the […]
- Barroom plant
aspidistra. any of several plants belonging to the genus Aspidistra, of the lily family, native to eastern Asia, especially A. eliator, having large evergreen leaves often striped with white, and grown as a houseplant. noun any Asian plant of the liliaceous genus Aspidistra, esp A. lurida, a popular house plant with long tough evergreen leaves […]
- Barrow
a flat, rectangular frame used for carrying a load, especially such a frame with projecting shafts at each end for handles; handbarrow. a wheelbarrow. British. a pushcart used by street vendors, especially by costermongers. Archaeology, tumulus (def 1). Chiefly British. a hill (sometimes used in combination): Trentishoe Barrow in North Devon; Whitbarrow in North Lancashire. […]
- Barrow-boy
a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger. Historical Examples Just wait till I’m herdsman, and then I’ll have a barrow-boy of my own to knock about! The Yellow Rose Mr Jkai The barrow-boy now came up, and announced that from the look-out tree he had seen the other cowherd coming up […]