barnet

Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)nɪt/

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barnet (plural barnets)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
   • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian:

     Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.

   • 2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian:

     Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs.

• Breant, banter, Bernat, Barten

barnet n sg

1. definite singular of barn

barnet n

1. definite singular of barn

barnet n

1. definite singular of barn

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː(r)nɛt/

barnet

1. definite singular of barn

• brante, enbart