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Barring-out

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A practice of barring the master out of the schoolroom in order to dictate terms to him. It was once common, but is now numbered with past customs. Miss Edgeworth has a tale so called.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Barrack Hack (The)
Barracks
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Barrel Fever
Barrell’s Blues
Barrette
Barricade
Barrier Treaty
Barrikin
Barring-out
Barrister
Barristers Bags
Barristers Gowns
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Bartholomew (St.)
Bartholomew Fair
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