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barnburners

barnburners is the plural of barnburner.

Meaning of barnburner

Noun

barnburner (plural barnburners)

  1. One who burns down a barn.
  2. (New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, slang, Maryland) Synonym of phosphorus match, a friction match that can be struck anywhere.
  3. (idiomatic) A sensationally exciting or successful event or person.
    • Those deathless twin barnburners return to the Metropolitan Opera tonight.2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Classical Music/Opera Listings”, in New York Times

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Noun capitalized: Barnburners

Barnburners

  1. (plural) plural of Barnburner

Questions about barnburners

What is barnburners the plural of?
Barnburners is the plural of barnburner.
What part of speech is barnburners?
Barnburners is a noun.

Words near barnburners in the dictionary

  1. barnboard
  2. barnboards
  3. barnbrack
  4. Barnburgh
  5. barnburner
  6. barnburners
  7. barnburning
  8. Barnby Dun
  9. Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall
  10. Barnby Moor
  11. barndo

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