barro

adjective

Australian slang embarrassing

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Contemporary Examples of barro

Barro, a young Bloomberg View columnist, is (it seems to me) more than halfway down the Frum-Bartlett path.
The GOP’s Pitiful Reformers
Michael Tomasky
May 28, 2013
I was thrilled to see Collins take a stand, but I'm generally with Barro on this subject.
Jason Collins Becomes the First Openly Gay Active NBA Player
Justin Green
April 30, 2013

Historical Examples of barro

Jungle bees and wasps of Barro Colorado Island, pp. 196-197.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches
Louis M. Roth
On Barro Colorado Island one aim is to preserve the biota and natural conditions with as little interference from man as possible.
Seventeen Species of Bats Recorded from Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone
E. Raymond Hall
A few days after reaching Henderson, I parted with Barro, not without regret, for a hundred and twenty dollars.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2
Maria R. Audubon
The white marl, barro branco, is less frequently found; it is accounted extremely productive.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom
P. L. Simmonds
They thought they saw land, so the sailors said, and that it was Barro, but I could observe nothing.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
Jasper Danckaerts