bar-lamb

noun

A barrister

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Meanings

nounbar-lamb (plural bar-lambs)

plural bar-lambs

  1. humorousobsoleteA barrister
  2. humorousobsoleteA customer at a bar (place that sells alcoholic drinks)

Origin

From baa-lamb, as a pun.

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APA

bar-lamb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar-lamb

MLA

“bar-lamb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar-lamb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar-lamb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar-lamb.

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