barnie
barnie noun: a barn owl or barn swallow.
Noun
barnie (plural barnies)
- A barn owl or barn swallow.
- Bonnot found that the "area covered by the bed was three inches deep with feathers, wings, and bodies" of the hapless birds. The barnies had so little difficulty catching them that in many instances they simply bit off the heads1990, Owls: their life and behavior : a photographic study of the North
- As they do they're encountering barn swallows, and the meeker barnies are suffering.1998, Charles Robert Brown, Swallow Summer, →ISBN, page 230
- A barn occupant.
- The 'Barnies' as they were more commonly known, were, in the main, deserving pensioners1974, Conor Brady, Guardians of the peace - Page 5
- former Barnies, like me, knew very well that serious students — if they would work their butts off — could probably learn more of what the commercial theatre was really about in a summer at the Barn than they could in all four years2002, Man in the Spangled Pants: Jack Ragotzy and the First Fifty Years
Examples of barnie in a sentence
- 'What are the Barnies?' asked George, puzzled at Mrs Penruthlan's evident pleasure and excitement.2014, Enid Blyton, Famous Five: 12: Five Go Down To The Sea:
- During recess an inviolable border separated the townies at the northern end of our play area from the barnies at the southern.2016, Peter Straub, Interior Darkness: Selected Stories:
Forms of barnie
| plural | barnies |
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Origin of barnie
From barn + -ie.
Questions about barnie
- What does barnie mean?
- Barnie means a barn owl or barn swallow.
- How do you use barnie in a sentence?
- 'What are the Barnies?' asked George, puzzled at Mrs Penruthlan's evident pleasure and excitement.
- What part of speech is barnie?
- Barnie is a noun.
- What is the plural of barnie?
- The plural of barnie is barnies.
Words near barnie in the dictionary
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