barlow

¹ American  

[bahr-loh] / ˈbɑr loʊ /

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. a large pocketknife with one blade.

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Barlow ² American  

[bahr-loh] / ˈbɑr loʊ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of barlow

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

Example Sentences

Larry Barlow, assistant professor of marriage and family therapy at Capella University, recounts a personal episode that brought him and his wife up short.

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At a family Thanksgiving with their two sons and their families, Barlow says, “My wife said to our older son, ‘Tony, you’re going to have to get used to helping us old people manage these things.’

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Michael Barlow, a lawyer representing Javice, said on Friday that the bank already had moved to cut off most of her lawyers, in some cases paying only 10% to 20% of the amounts billed.

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“It massively cut payments because they knew that this was a moment where she was going to be proceeding with an appeal, and that they wanted to essentially dissuade defense counsel from participating,” Barlow said.

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The report proposes "a fundamental shift" from health at work being "largely left to the individual and the NHS" to a shared responsibility between employers, employees and health services - which Ms Barlow welcomes.

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