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barnet Rhyming slang.|ˈbɑːnɪt|
Also Barnet.
[The name of the London borough of Barnet.]
In full Barnet fair, the hair; hence, the head.
1857‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 1 Barnet-Fair, hair. 1877[see rogue n. 2 d]. 1887Referee 6 Nov. 7/3 As she walked along the street With her little ‘plates of meat’, And the summer sunshine falling On her golden ‘Barnet Fair’. 1931Amer. Speech VI. 392 My barnett, my head. 1946Ibid. XXI. 46 Bonny Fair. Hair... This is certainly a mistake. The word in rhyming slang is Barnet Fair, named after the most famous horse fair in England, held at Barnet, in Hertfordshire, for four hundred years. 1962F. Norman Guntz i. 7 They send you to a doss house, so that you can get lice in your barnet. 1967J. Burke Till Death us do Part ii. 33 ‘You know I had hair. I'd still have it, too, if it hadn't been for the war. I saw service.’.. ‘A lot of people saw service,’ said Mike, ‘but they didn't lose their barnets over it.’ 1969G. Sims Sand Dollar xi. 146 ‘Use your barnet!’ Domino said. |