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Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble noun: trouble.

Noun

Barney Rubble

  1. (Cockney, slang) Trouble.
    • Likes: The Minds (Simple), The Council (Style), & Spear (Of Destiny). Trying to grow a moustache. Trying to get girls drunk at parties. Getting into Barney Rubble (trouble) at football matches.1987, “A Bit of Culture: Jackie Looks at Which Cult Is Which…”, in Jackie Annual, London: D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd., →ISBN, page 23

Origin of Barney Rubble

After Barney Rubble, a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones.

Questions about Barney Rubble

What does Barney Rubble mean?
Barney Rubble means trouble.
What part of speech is Barney Rubble?
Barney Rubble is a noun.

Words near Barney Rubble in the dictionary

  1. Barnetts
  2. Barneveld
  3. Barnevelder
  4. Barnevelders
  5. barney
  6. Barney Rubble
  7. Barney style
  8. barney-mugging
  9. Barney-style
  10. barneyed
  11. Barneyesque

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