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Barkis is willing

Barkis is willing is the alternative form of Barkis is willin'.

Meaning of Barkis is willin'

Phrase

Barkis is willin'

  1. (colloquial, dated, humorous) Somebody has a sweetheart they wish to marry.
    • If Barkis is willing, then a certain gentleman as we know in the meat trade may suit himself elsewhere. Come; answer that. Is Barkis willing?1862, Anthony Trollope, The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
  2. (broadly, colloquial, dated, humorous) Someone is amenable to a suggestion.
    • So far as the B.B.C. is concerned it may be stated at once that the matter has not at the moment of writing even been discussed by the directors, so that it is impossible to state what is the policy of the company on the subject. But one would not be far out by saying "Barkis is willin'," if there...1923 November 23, The Pressman, “Should Parliament be Broadcast?”, in Radio Times

Questions about Barkis is willing

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Barkis is willing is the alternative form of Barkis is willin'.

Words near Barkis is willing in the dictionary

  1. barking up the wrong tree
  2. barkingly
  3. barkings
  4. Barkingside
  5. Barkis is willin'
  6. Barkis is willing
  7. Barkisland
  8. barkitecture
  9. barkled
  10. Barklem
  11. barkless

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