Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old dance to a quick movement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, slang originally, a lively and fast-paced dance; by extension, any quick and uneven movement.
- proper noun A male
given name , from the medieval vernacular form ofBarnabas .
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Examples
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I think Barnaby is average and ordinary only to the extent that most people are average and ordinary -- that is, not very, if you look carefully enough.
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Barnaby is at least largely successful in getting out from under the weight of his past -- that's where the plot derives its movement.
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Barnaby is a character who lives very much in his own head.
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See, cheese and pickle sandwiches were my staple diet the summer I worked in Barnaby's toyshop, and hungrily read Women in Love, The Virgin and the Gypsy and The Rainbow in quick succesion during my all too short lunch breaks.
Archive 2005-09-01 Sharon Bakar 2005
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See, cheese and pickle sandwiches were my staple diet the summer I worked in Barnaby's toyshop, and hungrily read Women in Love, The Virgin and the Gypsy and The Rainbow in quick succesion during my all too short lunch breaks.
What Flavour is Your Novel? Sharon Bakar 2005
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In light of the increased nasty physical play we have seen in the past two weeks (Ottawa-Philadelphia, Colorado-Vancouver), the Avs 'addition of enforcer Matthew Barnaby from the Rangers may prove to be no small matter.
USATODAY.com - Hindsight is 20-20 ... so let's take a blind guess 2004
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Barnaby is everyone's older brother (or themselves) who just can't seem to get it right.
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Duly refreshed and with fifteen minutes to kill before lunch, we switched on the television and caught a programme called Barnaby Bear on CBeebies.
Bishop Hill 2009
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I'm not really going out on a limb to say that this treasure of a local bar just outside Philadelphia, called Barnaby's of America, is currently at very high risk for getting sued.
Shelley Ross: Guess Who Else Needs to Worry About Ryan Dunn's Fatal Crash? Shelley Ross 2011
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I'm not really going out on a limb to say that this treasure of a local bar just outside Philadelphia, called Barnaby's of America, is currently at very high risk for getting sued.
Shelley Ross: Guess Who Else Needs to Worry About Ryan Dunn's Fatal Crash? Shelley Ross 2011
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