Meaning barleycorn
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barleycornlate 14c., from barley + corn (n.1). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as J [..]
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barleycorn(n) a grain of barley(n) a grain of barley
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barleycornJohn or Sir John Barleycorn. A personification of malt liquor. The term has been made popular by Robert Burns.
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