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bar

/bɑɹ/ preposition C2
  1. Except, other than, besides. · He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.
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Gradually the reception-room filled, and some of our old friends made their appearance—we mean Debray, Château-Renaud, and Beauchamp, accompanied by all the leading men of the day at the bar, in literature, or the army, for M.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1024 · C1
She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 88 · B2
So that when Dorothy walked across the floor she stumbled over the bar, not being able to see it, and fell at full length.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 88 · B2
“Well, bar the expression, that might almost be a description of Douglas himself,” said Holmes.
The Valley of Fear, p. 75 · C1

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