barm

Example Sentences

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The "pie barm" might look odd to outsiders, but Wigan locals love the ultra-portable snack.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2018

It’s like eating a meat and potato pie, or ordering a barm cake, or seeing an old man wearing a flat cap while drinking a pint of mild.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2015

The line between zane, apparently not allowed, and barm, apparently allowed, is blurry.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2015

BST14:38 The line between zane, apparently not allowed, and barm, apparently allowed, is blurry.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2015

When the yeast is wanted for use, prepare a strong infusion of malt; to a gallon of which add a piece of dried barm, about the size of a goose's egg.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849