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Barleycorn   Listen
noun
Barleycorn  n.  
1.
A grain or "corn" of barley.
2.
Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.





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"Barleycorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... Difference between Atonement and Punishment Salvation at first a Class Privilege; and the Remedy Retrospective Atonement; and the Expectation of the Redeemer Completion of the Scheme by Luther and Calvin John Barleycorn Looking for the End of the World The Honor ...
— Preface to Androcles and the Lion - On the Prospects of Christianity • George Bernard Shaw


Words linked to "Barleycorn" :   pearl barley, John Barleycorn, barley, caryopsis, common barley


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