Meanings
nounbarley-water (countable and uncountable, plural barley-waters)
plural barley-waters
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of barley water.
She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water.
1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “East Wind”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 5
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