| slovo | definícia |
barnburner
(encz) | barnburner,napínavá hra n: Zdeněk Brož |
barnburner
(encz) | barnburner,narážka na bajku o muži, který spálil stodolu aby se zbavil
krys n: pruduska |
barnburner
(encz) | barnburner,úspěšný výsledek n: pruduska |
barnburner
(encz) | barnburner,významná událost n: pruduska |
Barnburner
(gcide) | Barnburner \Barn"burn`er\, n. [So called in allusion to the
fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of
rats.]
1. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in
New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was
hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate
privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for
president in 1848; -- opposed to Hunker. [Political
Cant, U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. an impressively successful or unusually good event.
[informal] "The rock concert was a real barnburner."
[WordNet 1.5] |
barnburner
(wn) | barnburner
n 1: someone who burns down a barn
2: an impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a
real barnburner" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
barnburner
(encz) | barnburner,napínavá hra n: Zdeněk Brožbarnburner,narážka na bajku o muži, který spálil stodolu aby se zbavil
krys n: pruduskabarnburner,úspěšný výsledek n: pruduskabarnburner,významná událost n: pruduska |
barnburner
(wn) | barnburner
n 1: someone who burns down a barn
2: an impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a
real barnburner" |
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