"barnburner" meaning in English

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        "(Midland US, idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person."
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        "A strike-anywhere match."
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        "(slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland) A strike-anywhere match."
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        "One who burns down a barn."
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        "(literal) One who burns down a barn."
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