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noun Western U.S.
a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
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Also called bar pit, bar ditch.
Origin of barrow pit
Apparently in reference to the mound of earth dug from the pit (see barrow2); variants with bar perhaps from regional pronunciation of barrow
Words nearby barrow pit
barroom, Barros, barrow, barrow-boy, Barrow-in-Furness, barrow pit, Barrow Point, Barrow's goldeneye, Barry, Barrymore, Barrymore family
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