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Barry

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Bar·ry  (br), Sir Charles 1795-1860.
British architect who designed the Houses of Parliament in London (1839).
Barry, Philip 1896-1949.
American playwright whose works, mostly comedies about the wealthy, include The Philadelphia Story (1939).
barry, Barry Crocker [ˈbærɪ]
n
Austral slang a mistake or blunder; a disappointing performance
[rhyming slang for shocker]
Barry [ˈbærɪ]
n
(Placename) a port in SE Wales, in Vale of Glamorgan county borough on the Bristol Channel. Pop.: 49 887 (1991)
Barry2
n
1. (Biographies) Sir Charles. 1795-1860, English architect: designer of the Houses of Parliament in London
2. (Biographies / (French)) Comtesse du. See du Barry
3. (Biographies / Barry, John (1933 M, British, MUSIC: composer of film scores) John, real name John Barry Prendergast. born 1933, British composer of film scores, including several for films in the James Bond series


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It seems to me, Barry, that your horse does not look so well as he did when you first had him; has he been well?
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
And Saxon, back in her own kitchen and preparing supper for Billy, wondered what lusts and rapacities had led the old, burnt-faced woman from the big Peruvian ranch, through all the world, to West Oakland and Barry Higgins Old Barry was not the sort who would fling away his share of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, much less ever attain to such opulence.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
If you had listened to what I was saying, you would have heard that I did not only pray for the Comtesse du Barry.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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