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barrow

/ˈbæɹoʊ/ noun C2
  1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.

Plural barrows

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Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster’s orange barrow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 9 · B2
“Really, he is by no means a light load!” said the other bearer, sitting on the edge of the hand-barrow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 218 · C1
Medical Officer for the parishes of Grimpen, Thorsley, and High Barrow.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 5 · C1
He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 97 · C1

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