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barrow pit

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barrow pit

–noun Western U.S.
a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
Also called bar pit, bar ditch.


Origin:
appar. in reference to the mound of earth dug from the pit (see barrow 2 ); vars. with bar perh. from regional pron. of barrow
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