Definitions
A lark, a romp, some fun.
Word origin
From either the Old English personal name Bera (genitive singular Beran) or from Old English beren (“growing with barley”) + īeġ (“island”).
Used in a sentence
“"Just keep it i' thy mind," entreated the other, as a sort of parting remembrance, "ut I won thee i' fair powell—one toss an' no barney.[…]"”
“Blackguardly barneys called boxing competitions.”
“Who would believe that Mr. Gladstone shammed being ill, and that Sir Andrew Clark issued false bulletins, and that the whole thing was a barney from beginning to end.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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