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one's turn in the barrel

one's turn in the barrel noun: one's turn for an unpleasant or difficult job.

Noun

one's turn in the barrel

  1. One's turn for an unpleasant or difficult job.
    • Once a year, every year, it was his turn in the barrel. Like every other agent on the ninth floor of the Dirksen Federal Building, Buck hated complaint duty.2002, T. W. Greensmith, Guardians of the Tomb, →ISBN, page 19
    • Not to worry, we would get our turn in the barrel sooner rather than later.2008, Sam Wellington, In the Beginning...There Was the Men's Room, →ISBN, page 40

Questions about one's turn in the barrel

What does one's turn in the barrel mean?
One's turn in the barrel means one's turn for an unpleasant or difficult job.
What part of speech is one's turn in the barrel?
One's turn in the barrel is a noun.

Words near one's turn in the barrel in the dictionary

  1. one's ship comes in
  2. one's socks off
  3. one's stomach thinks one's throat has been cut
  4. one's teeth water
  5. one's time is one's own
  6. one's turn in the barrel
  7. one's way
  8. one's word is law
  9. one-act
  10. one-acter
  11. one-acters

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