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barleycorn Definition

barley·corn (-kôrn′)

noun

  1. barley or a grain of barley
  2. an old unit of linear measure equal to inch

Etymology: ME barli-corn

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Barleycorn Quotes

There was three kings into the east, Three kings both great and high, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die.

—Burns, Robert

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