Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of acting in barns, as strolling players; hence, the practice of playing “upon the road” or “in the provinces.”
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Examples
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And we have no precedent for Ginni Thomas, who has her own Tea Party group, who's raising funds for Tea Party groups, who's out there giving barn-storming speeches to Tea Party members.
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Anyone that could turn a treble-winning barn-storming team into a tentative one-man outfit in a few months is special and deserved longer at the helm, at the very least to entertain fans of other clubs in Serie A.
Rafael Benítez sacked by Inter as unhappy Italian job comes to an end 2010
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Sports & the Arts photos A photo from the 1920s shows Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig on a barn-storming tour.
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Barack Obama is following up his successful barn-storming Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire with Oprah Winfrey with an appearance in Los Angeles tonight.
Archive 2007-12-01 Ron Buckmire 2007
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Barack Obama is following up his successful barn-storming Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire with Oprah Winfrey with an appearance in Los Angeles tonight.
Barack Obama in L.A. Today Ron Buckmire 2007
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Congratulations to Harriet Harman on winning the Deputy Leadership contest with a barn-storming 18.95% of the vote.
Archive 2007-06-01 Praguetory 2007
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Congratulations to Harriet Harman on winning the Deputy Leadership contest with a barn-storming 18.95% of the vote.
More On Harriet Harman Praguetory 2007
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Then, like the veteran performer who knows how well physical movement alone can command attention, he was on his way, barn-storming across the continent by train, From Philadelphia to St. Louis to San Francisco, then back by way of Chicago, Niagara Falls, and Boston.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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Then, like the veteran performer who knows how well physical movement alone can command attention, he was on his way, barn-storming across the continent by train, From Philadelphia to St. Louis to San Francisco, then back by way of Chicago, Niagara Falls, and Boston.
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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There will be a four-day barn-storming tour across the country.
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