bar v

bar v "I'll bar you in the cupboard." My mother. usually said this to me when I was not behaving properly. The "cupboard" was a small room in the house where the beef barrel, flour barrel, [etc.] were kept. It wasn't the type of cabinet cupboard so common today. W. J. K...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1976
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10833
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Summary:bar v "I'll bar you in the cupboard." My mother. usually said this to me when I was not behaving properly. The "cupboard" was a small room in the house where the beef barrel, flour barrel, [etc.] were kept. It wasn't the type of cabinet cupboard so common today. W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn Entries exist for bar n in DNE, but not for this sense of the word.