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barnstorm, v.|ˈbɑːnstɔːm|
[f. barn n. + storm v. 7.]
intr.
1. Theatr. To tour (rural districts), giving theatrical performances of a popular kind (formerly often in barns).
1883Mercury (N.Y.) in Ware Passing Eng. (1909) 20/1 Miss Helen Bancroft, who recently played in this city, was announced as with a barn-storming company. 1883Sporting Life 29 Apr. 5/3 Footlight Flickerings. Owen Fawcett will go barn-storming through Michigan this summer. 1884[see barn n. 2]. 1936Auden & Isherwood Ascent of F6 ii. 79, I have dreamed of a threadbare barnstorming actor, and he was a national symbol. 1949Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 30/1 The National Orchestra..has this year been barnstorming with opera, and latterly with concert programmes, taking in provincial centres.
2. To make a rapid tour holding meetings for propaganda or election purposes. U.S.
1896Congress. Rec. 7 Apr. 3661/1 [He] was barnstorming down in Georgia in favor of a gold monometallism. 1944Chicago Daily News 27 Oct. 16/2 President Roosevelt indignantly denies that his New York and Chicago barn⁓storming trips violate his pledge not to campaign in the usual sense. 1947Time 10 Mar. 21/1 Barnstorming Presidential Candidate Harold Stassen whirled through Belgium in one day.
3. Aeronaut. To give informal exhibition and sightseeing flights; to perform stunts at local functions. Chiefly N. Amer.
1928L. Gravatt Pioneers of Air 210 He gave exhibitions at county fairs, or barnstormed as the pilots say. 1933B. Willoughby Alaskans All 90, I had an old army plane, and as a gypsy flyer I barnstormed thirty-seven states. 1936Christian Sci. Monitor 20 Aug. 3/4 Barnstorm, to fly about from town to town taking passengers up for a small sum. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiii. 116 They were flying from town to town, barnstorming as they called it. 1938Times 19 July 14/5 Mr. Steve Reich, who had barn⁓stormed with him in 1931, was as surprised as everybody else to hear he had flown to Ireland. |