Example Sentences

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If barneys used to be the norm in football dressing rooms, the modern-day footballer is a milder-mannered creature.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2014

We had long talks and barneys over the whole thing—sometimes by ourselves with Starlight, sometimes with father.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

They were always having "barneys," and it would only be looked upon as one of his usual freaks.

From The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Becke, Louis