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Barleycorn   Listen
noun
Barleycorn  n.  
1.
A grain or "corn" of barley.
2.
Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.





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"Barleycorn" Quotes from Famous Books



... for little more money than they made ten years ago. One did a book of real merit and the effort he expended upon it overcame him with ennui. Another made the mistake of supposing that he could pin John Barleycorn's shoulders to the mat. Another had no initiative. He ...
— If You Don't Write Fiction • Charles Phelps Cushing


Words linked to "Barleycorn" :   Hordeum vulgare, caryopsis, grain, common barley, pearl barley, John Barleycorn, barley, food grain


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