barnet

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English

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Etymology

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Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.

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barnet (plural barnets)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
    • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.
    • 2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.

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Danish

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barnet n sg

  1. definite singular of barn

Norwegian Bokmål

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barnet n

  1. definite singular of barn

Norwegian Nynorsk

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barnet n

  1. definite singular of barn

Swedish

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barnet

  1. definite singular of barn

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