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Definition of Barmkins
1. barmkin [n] - See also: barmkin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barmkins
Literary usage of Barmkins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spottiswoode Miscellany: A Collection of Original Papers and Tracts by James Maidment (1845)
"... hours we took the vatter, the vtter tour and the two barmkins from them, and
sett fyre to the zett of the inner ..."
2. Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England from Edward I. to Richard II. by John Henry Parker (1853)
"... a semi-military character, and have large outer baileys or court-yards enclosed
by a strong wall, corresponding to the barmkins for cattle in the north. ..."
3. Englisch-deutsches Supplement-lexikon: Als Ergänzung zu allen bis jetzt by A. Hoppe (1871)
"(bä'm'-Hn) AV.: a rampart or outer fortification of a castle. LC Tr. p. 198:
battlements and barmkins and all the other appurtenances of a ..."
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