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barnburner

The correct spelling is barnburner.

How to pronounce barnburner

noun

Say it like: Bar-nbu-rne-r

The correct spelling is barnburner. An extremely exciting or successful event or person.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.An extremely exciting or successful event or person.
  2. 2.One who burns down a barn.
  3. 3.(chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.

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