Sir James M(atthew), 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
from Romany
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A Rolls Royce owned by Barrie Drewitt-Barlow was loaded on to the back of a trailer and taken away for examination on Wednesday.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
“You go with what you’ve got—and if that happens to be predominantly crewed combat aircraft then so be it,” said Barrie, the military aerospace specialist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
But it’s out with Barrie, back to ye old “Bohème.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
In 2019, the company imported Barrie Kosky’s provocative and brilliantly staged rethinking of “Bohème” from the Komische Oper in Berlin.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
In honor of Miss Barrie, my eighth-grade teacher, I’d like to call attention to the quotation above: ex ovo omnia.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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