Barmen

[ bahr-muhn ]

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noun

In a riot at Barmen which occurred recently the chief of police was "seriously wounded" by a turnip.

The years from 1831 to 1836 he spent in a bank at Amsterdam, and 1837 to 1839 in a business house at Barmen.

Barmen is one of the most important manufacturing centres of Germany.

I stored my memory with faces, and made myself friendly with all sorts of people—waiters, barmen, and hall-porters.

He gave expensive dinners to ex-barmen and the like: ignorant, brutish young fools—because they amused him!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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