Barrymore

[ bar-uh-mawr, -mohr ]

/ ˈbær əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr /

noun

MauriceHerbert Blythe,1847–1905, U.S. and English actor, born in India.

his children: Ethel, 1879–1959, John, 1882–1942, and Lionel, 1878–1954, U.S. actors.

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Example sentences from the Web for barrymore

Barrymore celebrates by proclaiming herself “Lolita” dancing provocatively on his desk, and then flashing him.
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Barrymore, pregnant and recently married, is similarly hands-on with her blend.
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The jury is out on this last movie for Muggles, so Barrymore wins by a non-plastic surgeried nose—such a rarity in Hollywood!
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Barrymore was just 11 when Babes in Toyland was broadcast on NBC.
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He fancies an American actor named Barrymore, but Barrymore, a prodigious drunk, soon storms back to Los Angeles.
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There, at a barred iron door, Mr. Barrymore pulled a rope which rang a jangling bell.
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Would it not be well in the first place to get rid of this Barrymore couple?
The Hound of the Baskervilles|A. Conan Doyle
"There's no proper explosion," Mr. Barrymore announced in a puzzled way.
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Instantly the car stopped, for Mr. Barrymore, buried as he was, didn't forget to put on the brakes.
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Mr. Barrymore said the bay was like the Lake of Lucerne, with its starfish arms.
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British Dictionary definitions for barrymore

Barrymore

/ (ˈbærɪˌmɔː) /

noun

a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), and Lionel (1878–1954)

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