2. Adjective. highly theatrical (used especially of a performance) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barnstorming
1. barnstorm [v] - See also: barnstorm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barnstorming
Literary usage of Barnstorming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian by William John Lawrence (1892)
"Sale of Brooke's Gold and Silver Plate—On his Last Legs—Barnstorming in the
Provinces—Macbeth in a Fix—A Strange Dream—Brooke at Leeds with John ..."
2. The White Flame of France by Maude Lavinia Radford Warren (1918)
"CHAPTER XVII Barnstorming FOR THE POILUS IT was very early in the morning on a
platform of that station in Paris from which the poilus depart for the front. ..."
3. Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress, Copyright Office (1914)
"Aley, Max, 1889- The barnstormers; an account of the barnstorming of barnstormers
of the ... barnstorming ..."
4. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Bill DeWitt: Charley was Pete's business manager, and he booked some games in
California, barnstorming after the season. They had never seen him on the ..."
5. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"And the Berkeley Playmakers, in its eighteenth year, gave first productions of
numerous one-act plays, besides launching a barnstorming division for the ..."
6. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... he strode right down the stage and across to the prompt side of the proscenium
on the frankest barnstorming principles, repeating this absurd "cross"—a ..."
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