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barlow

1

[ bahr-loh ]

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. a large pocketknife with one blade.


Barlow

2

[ bahr-loh ]

noun

  1. Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of barlow1

1770–80, Americanism; after a family of Sheffield cutlers named Barlow, who are alleged to have produced a knife of this type before 1700

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Example Sentences

Barlow turned to the other linemen and said that if they were bad at certain events they should train just enough to avoid being outliers, which in this case meant jumping between eight and nine feet.

The person to blame for all this is the anodyne British pop star Gary Barlow.

Barlow was strangely evasive with the police, refusing to confirm he was the person who called Atkinson, yet he obviously was.

On Sunday, Barlow posted on Twitter that he had “no involvement whatsoever” in the Brooks arrest.

Take That star Gary Barlow, who has helped organise much of the concert, said the prince's illness was "sad, really sad".

Barlow used his laptop to record Harry's musical contribution after visiting him while he was in Jamaica.

For a moment the group in the kitchen at Skyrie were dismayed by Jim Barlow's sudden departure and the escape of the dogs.

Now as he rose to go outdoors with Dorothy he remembered the letter Jim Barlow had brought him.

He isn't half as nice as Jim Barlow, for all he's so much better looking and richer.

For a moment Mrs. Chester did not answer; then she looked up and, as if in reply to her own perplexity, beheld Jim Barlow.

The establishment was placed under the command of Captain Barlow of the 3rd regiment.

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