barnet
See also: Barnet
English
Etymology
Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/
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Noun
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:
- 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:
- Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.
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Anagrams
- Bernat, banter
Danish
Noun
barnet n sg
- definite singular of barn
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
barnet n
- definite singular of barn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
barnet n
- definite singular of barn
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(r)nɛt/
Noun
barnet
- definite singular of barn.
Anagrams
- brante, enbart