Definition of Barnstorming

1. Verb. (present participle of barnstorm) ¹

2. Adjective. highly theatrical (used especially of a performance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Barnstorming

1. barnstorm [v] - See also: barnstorm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barnstorming

barnfuls
barnidipine
barnier
barniest
barning
barnless
barnlike
barns
barnsful
barnstar
barnstars
barnstorm
barnstormed
barnstormer
barnstormers
barnstorming
barnstorms
barny
barnyard
barnyards
baro-
barocco
baroccos
baroceptor
baroceptors
barochore
barochoric
barochory
barock

Literary usage of Barnstorming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian by William John Lawrence (1892)
"Sale of Brooke's Gold and Silver Plate—On his Last Legs—Barnstorming in the Provinces—Macbeth in a Fix—A Strange Dream—Brooke at Leeds with John ..."

2. The White Flame of France by Maude Lavinia Radford Warren (1918)
"CHAPTER XVII Barnstorming FOR THE POILUS IT was very early in the morning on a platform of that station in Paris from which the poilus depart for the front. ..."

3. Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress, Copyright Office (1914)
"Aley, Max, 1889- The barnstormers; an account of the barnstorming of barnstormers of the ... barnstorming ..."

4. Baseball Goes to War by William B. Mead (1998)
"Bill DeWitt: Charley was Pete's business manager, and he booked some games in California, barnstorming after the season. They had never seen him on the ..."

5. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"And the Berkeley Playmakers, in its eighteenth year, gave first productions of numerous one-act plays, besides launching a barnstorming division for the ..."

6. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... he strode right down the stage and across to the prompt side of the proscenium on the frankest barnstorming principles, repeating this absurd "cross"—a ..."

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