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- noun Plural form of
barnyard .
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Examples
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One wonders, have the canyon's barnyards previously escaped notice?
Jonathan Handel: The Laurel Canyon Goats Are Leaving! Jonathan Handel 2011
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In the meantime, Hazel and Hattie were used every odd moment in hauling manure from Glen Ellen, whose barnyards had never known such a thorough cleaning.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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One wonders, have the canyon's barnyards previously escaped notice?
Jonathan Handel: The Laurel Canyon Goats Are Leaving! Jonathan Handel 2011
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At least the human protein does not seem to affect mating or behavior, and there is good reason to keep herds happy and healthy, in barnyards, and not factories: stressed animals produce less milk.
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Sadly, most of the meat, egg, and dairy companies that pretend to be eco - or animal-friendly, with packages covered in pictures of pretty red barnyards, are basically the same massive corporately owned factory-farms but with a newly hired advertising consultant.
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They deliver endless philosophic harangues, one more absurd than the other, bawl and brawl like schoolchildren, and pause only to gobble up whatever they can poach from the barnyards along their route.
Finding a Lost Prince of Bohemia Darnton, Robert 2008
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Rural electrification was not yet a reality and I became quite accustomed to the smells of illumination by kerosene and acetylene lamps, as well as all the odors of barnyards and outdoor plumbing.
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Conspicuous by their absence, or nearly so, are the early nineteenth-century printed calico dresses worn in kitchens and barnyards, seldom valued enough to have been stashed in family trunks with baby clothes and outdated dresses.
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
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He is genuinely amusing when scampering through barnyards in search of goodies to pilfer, with his zany moon of a face beaming wildly when his contraband jackpot is located.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2005
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Endotoxins are components of the cell walls of various bacteria and are found in dirt and dust everywhere, but especially in the dirt of farms and barnyards.
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