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barlow

1

[ bahr-loh ]

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. a large pocketknife with one blade.


Barlow

2

[ bahr-loh ]

noun

  1. Joel, 1754–1812, U.S. poet and diplomat.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of barlow1

1770–80, Americanism; after a family of Sheffield cutlers named Barlow, who are alleged to have produced a knife of this type before 1700
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Example Sentences

Put simply, said Jameta Nicole Barlow, a community health psychologist and professor at George Washington University, government actions send a clear message to Black people: “Who are you to ask for health care?”

From Salon

Beyond health care coverage and provider shortages, Black people “have never been given the conditions needed to thrive,” said Barlow, the George Washington University professor.

From Salon

To his One Direction peers, Payne was like their very own Gary Barlow.

“Liam has that Barlow aura. He says things like, ‘Come on boys, let’s roll.

In a 1996 essay that was republished by 500 websites – the closest you could get to going viral back then – US poet and cattle rancher John Perry Barlow argued: “Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.”

From BBC

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