tv. & in. [for an entertainer] to perform in small towns for short engagements. : My great-uncle used to barnstorm Kansas and Oklahoma with his medicine show.
in. to perform stunts in a biplane in small towns. (Presumably swooping around barns.) : The old biplane we used to barnstorm with is the safest plane ever built.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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