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barker
1[bahr-ker]
Barker
1/ ˈɑːə /
noun
George ( Granville ). 1913–91, British poet: author of Calamiterror (1937) and The True Confession of George Barker (1950)
Howard . born 1946, British playwright: his plays include Claw (1975), The Castle (1985), A Hard Heart (1992), and 13 Objects (2003)
Ronnie , full name Ronald William George Barker . 1929–2005, British comedian: known esp for his partnership with Ronnie Corbett (born 1930) in the TV series The Two Ronnies (1971–85)
barker
2/ ˈɑːə /
noun
an animal or person that barks
a person who stands at a show, fair booth, etc, and loudly addresses passers-by to attract customers
barker
3/ ˈɑːə /
noun
a person or machine that removes bark from trees or logs or prepares it for tanning
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Barker1
Example Sentences
But just down the 5 Freeway in Anaheim, the home of Disney, the hottest ticket in baseball this weekend belongs to a stilted pitcher, juggling infielders and a yellow-suited, top hat-wearing carnival barker.
As "Some More News" laid out in painstaking detail Wednesday, Musk's reputation as a "genius" is created with the same carnival barker nonsense as Trump's reputation as a "businessman."
Instead, this carnival barker has repackaged old hatreds from the past.
I mean, literally physically starving a lot of the time, and he learned to be a carnival barker, a stilt walker.
Trump’s “art of the steal” and his very skillful gaslighting can also be described as the art of the fairground barker à la P.T.
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