"barrow-boy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: barrow-boys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} barrow-boy (plural barrow-boys)
  1. Alternative form of barrow boy Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: barrow boy
    Sense id: en-barrow-boy-en-noun-IlqnEv~v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Horace Silver, Judas Pig",
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