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bar-lamb

bar-lamb noun: a barrister.

Noun

bar-lamb (plural bar-lambs)

  1. (humorous, obsolete) A barrister
  2. (humorous, obsolete) A customer at a bar (place that sells alcoholic drinks)

Forms of bar-lamb

pluralbar-lambs

Origin of bar-lamb

From baa-lamb, as a pun.

Questions about bar-lamb

What does bar-lamb mean?
Bar-lamb means a barrister.
What part of speech is bar-lamb?
Bar-lamb is a noun.
What is the plural of bar-lamb?
The plural of bar-lamb is bar-lambs.

Words near bar-lamb in the dictionary

  1. bar-goers
  2. bar-headed geese
  3. bar-headed goose
  4. bar-keeper
  5. bar-keepers
  6. bar-lamb
  7. bar-lambs
  8. Bar-le-Duc
  9. bar-mitzvah
  10. bar-mitzvahed
  11. bar-mitzvahing

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