barnet

See also: Barnet

English

Etymology

Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair.

Noun

barnet (plural barnets)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
   • 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)[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.

Anagrams

• banter

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Danish

Noun

barnet n sg

1. definite singular of barn

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

barnet n

1. definite singular of barn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barnet n

1. definite singular of barn

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(r)nɛt/

Noun

barnet

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of barn

Anagrams

• brante, enbart