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单词 barn-storming
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barn-storming
barnstormer n. (a) applied depreciatively to a strolling player; whence barn-storming; (b) U.S. Aeronautics (see quot. barn n. and barnstorm v. 2c).
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1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 3 Barn stormers, theatrical performers who travel the country and act in barns, selecting short and frantic pieces to suit the rustic taste.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 June 5/1 If this be barn-storming, Betterton and Garrick were barn-stormers.
1928 Daily Mail 7 May 6/4 Barnstormers, itinerant flyers, appearing at fairs and race tracks, like Lindbergh in his earlier years.
1930 Punch 19 Mar. 330/1 Those barn-stormers who tore the play's passions and the spectators' heart-strings to shreds.
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