Etymology

Hammerbarn

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Today it means: A store selling goods for home improvement and DIY, and household hardware. Full definition →

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The story

From Hammerbarn, a fictional hardware retail store that appears in the Australian children's TV series Bluey, first introduced in the second episode of the second season which first aired in Australia on 18 March 2020. Itself from hammer + barn, likely to evoke the idea of a large warehouse in which tools and hardware supplies are sold.

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