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"barney" Definition

  1. an unfair race of any kind: a sell or cross. Also a lark, jollification, or outing. The word BARNEY is sometimes applied to a swindle unconnected with the sporting world.

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Position in the dictionary: 108 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: barrikin, bash, baste, bastile, bat, bats, battells, batter, batty, batty-fang
Previous words in the dictionary: barnacles, barn stormers, barking-iron, barker, bark, barge, barber’s clerk, barber’s cat, bar, banyan-day

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