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Synonyms for barker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bahr-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr kər |
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Définition of barker
Origin :- "noisy fellow," late 15c., agent noun from bark (v.). Specific sense of "loud assistant in an auction, store, or show" is from 1690s.
- As in talker : noun speaker
- So help me, if I had had a barker I'd have fired a shot across your bows.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "It's Mr. Barker," exclaimed one of the ladies, regarding me brightly.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Sea captains and ship owners were Stone & Barker's best customers.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "The plundering was shameful," says Lieutenant Barker indignantly.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- On the fifth of May Lieutenant Barker records the discovery of a "most shocking" plot.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- Lieutenant Barker makes a suggestion that must have been popular among the officers.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- I heard the barker givin' his song an' dance about the act, and he got a great hand.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- Barker slashed at a high one close across his shoulders and missed.
- Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- Mr. Palit next placed me in the house of a coach named Barker.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- He called Barker to get him a glass of water—his throat seemed on fire, he said.
- Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
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