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barnet

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barnet, barnet fair [ˈbɑːnɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Brit slang hair
[from rhyming slang Barnet Fair hair]

Barnet [ˈbɑːnɪt]
n
(Placename) a borough of N Greater London: scene of a Yorkist victory (1471) in the Wars of the Roses. Pop.: 314 561 (2001). Area: 89 sq. km (34 sq. miles)


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And as they advanced towards Barnet a tumultuous murmuring grew stronger.
It happened very oddly that I was standing at the inn gate, and a woman that had stood there before, and which was the porter's wife belonging to the Barnet stage-coach, having observed me, asked if I waited for any of the coaches.
He encamped at Barnet, that is to say, within four leagues of the capital, cherished by the parliament, which thought it beheld in him a protector, and awaited by the people, who were anxious to see him reveal himself, that they might judge him.
 
 
 
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