Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
barrow .
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Examples
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A glance told him what it was -- a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pig, which the countrymen used for greasing their boots, as it was useless for any other purpose.
Jude the Obscure 1896
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A glance told him what it was -- a piece of flesh, the characteristic part of a barrow-pig, which the countrymen used for greasing their boots, as it was useless for any other purpose.
Jude the Obscure 1894
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