Associations to the word «Barnburner»
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Wiktionary
BARNBURNER, noun. (idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.
BARNBURNER, noun. One who burns down a barn.
BARNBURNER, noun. (historical) (US) (political) (slang) A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848.
Dictionary definition
BARNBURNER, noun. Someone who burns down a barn.
BARNBURNER, noun. An impressively successful event; "the rock concert was a real barnburner".
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