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barbwire

[ bahrb-wahyuhr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Then they came to a barbwire affair like a turnstile lying on its side in the middle of the road, and stopped.

I'd like to ship the whole of this township across to America, put up a barbwire fence around, and charge a dollar for admission.

Immediately adjacent to us was the guard house, a prison camp, pitched in the open field, and surrounded by barbwire fencing.

Anybody would have thought a barbwire worm had crawled onto Joe Kivelson's chair seat under him.

"I see you've been getting busy with the barbwire," he remarked, when he rose from the table and led the way out to the porch.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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