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See also: Barnet
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]barnet (plural barnets)
- (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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[edit]Danish
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[edit]barnet n sg
Norwegian Bokmål
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[edit]barnet n
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]barnet n
Swedish
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