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"bar" Definition

  1. or BARRING, excepting; in common use in the betting-ring; “Two to one bar one,” _i.e._, two to one against any horse with the exception of one. The Irish use of BARRIN’ is very similar, and the words BAR and BARRING may now be regarded as general.

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Position in the dictionary: 99 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: barber’s cat, barber’s clerk, barge, bark, barker, barking-iron, barn stormers, barnacles, barney, barrikin
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