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barrow noun [ ˈbarəʊ ]

• a two-wheeled handcart used especially by street vendors.
• "they sell fruit from market barrows"
Origin: Old English bearwe ‘stretcher, bier’, of Germanic origin; related to bear1.

barrow noun

• an ancient burial mound.
Origin: Old English beorg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch berg, German Berg ‘hill, mountain’.

barrow noun

• a male pig castrated before maturity.
Origin: Old English barg, bearg, of Germanic origin.


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