Barnes
Americannoun
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Albert Coombs 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
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Djuna (Chappell) 1892–1982, U.S. novelist, poet, and playwright.
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Djuna . 1892–1982, US novelist, noted for Nightwood (1936)
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William . 1801–86, British poet, best known for Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect (1879)
Example Sentences
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Janet and two younger sisters were adopted and moved to Somerset but Theresa was taken in by her family when it was revealed Barnes was not her biological dad.
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Barnes told her to get her sisters and get ready because he was taking them out.
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They were forced to visit Barnes in prison every month because of a court order.
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By then, Theresa was eight and was told Barnes was not her real dad.
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But the sisters do not believe this and Theresa said their babysitter told them their mum "adored" them and had a job in a pub as Barnes would not work.
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