barnet

See also: Barnet

English

Etymology

Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair.

Noun

barnet (plural barnets)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
    • 2013, Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' (in The Guardian, 13 September 2013)
      Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

barnet n sg

  1. definite singular of barn

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

barnet n

  1. definite singular of barn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

barnet n

  1. definite singular of barn

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(r)nɛt/

Noun

barnet

  1. definite singular of barn
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