barba
[bahr-buh]
- the beard.
- a hair of the head.
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Origin of barba
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Examples from the Web for barba
Contemporary Examples
I suspect that since lunch was my treat, Barba took me to his favorite restaurant.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre PrisonJason Batansky
October 12, 2014
One of them fetched Manuel, nicknamed Barba (Spanish for beard), who was, of course, clean shaven.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre PrisonJason Batansky
October 12, 2014
Barba offered me a line of cocaine as we sat on his bunk bed covered by posters of musicians and half-naked women.
Cocaine, Politicians and Wives: Inside the World’s Most Bizarre PrisonJason Batansky
October 12, 2014
“We are going to fight like hell to win—with or without the national Democrats,” Barba says.
Historical Examples
Cortez was now too strong to be apprehended by any force which Barba had at his command.
Hernando CortezJohn S. C. Abbott
The first who wrote upon the therapy of cinchona was Barba, a Spanish physician, whose work was printed in Seville in 1642.
An Epitome of the History of MedicineRoswell Park
At Barba del Puerco, the ground being unfit for cavalry, the Thirty-sixth took our place, and pressed them hotly home.
Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2)Charles Lever
As soon as the morning after this night's sail appeared, they found themselves arrived at the mouth of the river Barba.
Old English ChroniclesVarious
Barba was kindly received by Cortes, whom he informed that another small vessel might be expected with provisions in about a week.