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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bar’rikin.
 
Jargon, words not understood. (Old French, baracan, from the Breton, bara gwyn, “white bread,” taken as a type of barbarous words; modern French, baragouin, gibberish.)   1
 


 Barrier Treaty,Barring-out. 

 
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