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Bishop Barkers

Bishop Barkers is the plural of Bishop Barker.

Meaning of Bishop Barker

Noun

Bishop Barker (plural Bishop Barkers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) A very tall glass of beer.
    • For a "Bishop Barker" he would compose a quatrain on any subject – a person preferred – suggested by the man who tipped him the drink […] .1898, Price Warung, Dictionary Ned, in Half-Crown Bob and Tales of the Riverine, quoted in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore

Questions about Bishop Barkers

What is Bishop Barkers the plural of?
Bishop Barkers is the plural of Bishop Barker.

Words near Bishop Barkers in the dictionary

  1. Bishoffs
  2. bishonen
  3. bishop
  4. Bishop Auckland
  5. Bishop Barker
  6. Bishop Barkers
  7. bishop bird
  8. Bishop Burton
  9. bishop coadjutor
  10. Bishop Monkton
  11. Bishop of Rome

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