"bar-lamb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bar-lambs [plural]
Etymology: From baa-lamb, as a pun. Etymology templates: {{m|en|baa-lamb}} baa-lamb Head templates: {{en-noun}} bar-lamb (plural bar-lambs)
  1. (obsolete, humorous) A barrister Tags: humorous, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bar-lamb-en-noun-tsD7ATyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6
  2. (obsolete, humorous) A customer at a bar (place that sells alcoholic drinks) Tags: humorous, obsolete Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bar-lamb-en-noun-ZGWbOjxA Disambiguation of People: 2 98

Inflected forms

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