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barrow

[bar-oh] / ˈbær oʊ /


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For hundreds of years, Norwegians thought they knew who or what had been interred in an enormous barrow on the island of Leka, which is just off the country’s northern coast, facing the Atlantic Ocean.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2024

During his many trips to abandoned mines around mid Wales he has found a child's footprint, hobnail boots, tools, miners' gloves and a 170-year-old barrow "still where the miner originally left it".

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2024

One recent night under a freezing drizzle, a man named Zarlialai, 40, leaned against his rusty barrow.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023

"But then he saw a guy going into the stadium to set up a Coca-Cola stall, so he took a shot of his uniform and barrow and rolled it in so he could watch."

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2022

‘No. There is no barrow on Weathertop, nor on any of these hills,’ answered Strider.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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