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Idiom

barnet

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

hair

Examples

“You need to get your barnet cut soon.”

“He spent an hour styling his barnet before heading out to the party.”

“The barber carefully trimmed his unruly barnet, transforming his disheveled appearance into something much more refined.”

Examples

simple

“You need to get your barnet cut soon.”

contextual

“He spent an hour styling his barnet before heading out to the party.”

complex

“The barber carefully trimmed his unruly barnet, transforming his disheveled appearance into something much more refined.”

Origin

via Barnet Fair

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