Usually means: Personification of barley and alcohol.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. John Barleycorn: Merriam-Webster
  2. John Barleycorn: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. John Barleycorn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. John Barleycorn: Collins English Dictionary
  5. John Barleycorn: Vocabulary.com
  6. John Barleycorn: Wordnik
  7. John Barleycorn: Wiktionary
  8. John Barleycorn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. John Barleycorn: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. John Barleycorn, john barleycorn: Dictionary.com
  11. John Barleycorn (film), John Barleycorn (novel), John Barleycorn: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. John barleycorn: Rhymezone
  13. john barleycorn: FreeDictionary.org
  14. john barleycorn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. John Barleycorn: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. john barleycorn: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  17. John Barleycorn: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barleycorn, John, John Barleycorn: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. John Barleycorn: Urban Dictionary
  2. John Barleycorn: The Folk File

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Definitions from Wiktionary (John Barleycorn)

▸ noun:  a personification of alcoholic drink, particularly beer and whisky.

Similar:
booze, liquor, strong drink, spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, john, beer baron, beerhead, barboy, more...

Opposite:
teetotalism, abstinence, sobriety

Phrases:
John Barleycorn Must Die, more...

Adjectives:
lap, frothy, meridian, rummy, cocktail, up, bingo, draft, tiddly, citywide, wet

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Similar:
booze, liquor, strong drink, spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, john, beer baron, beerhead, barboy, more...

Opposite:
teetotalism, abstinence, sobriety

Phrases:
John Barleycorn Must Die, more...

Adjectives:
lap, frothy, meridian, rummy, cocktail, up, bingo, draft, tiddly, citywide, wet



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