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barnburner

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barn·burn·er  (bärnbûrnr)
n. Informal
An extremely impressive event or successful outcome: "September will not be any barnburner [for car sales]" (Lee Iacocca).
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Noun1.barnburner - someone who burns down a barn
arsonist, firebug, incendiary - a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
2.barnburner - an impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a real barnburner"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
success - an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs"


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Saturday: CSUN will play host to run-and-gun Pepperdine in what could turn out to be a barnburner.
class, barnburners about Paraguay or Joe's lung that were as much fun as watching paint dry.
Hightower gave a barnburner before a crowd of 2,000 people.
 
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