barnburner
(noun) an impressively successful event; “the rock concert was a real barnburner”
barnburner
(noun) someone who burns down a barn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barnburner (plural barnburners)
(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.
One who burns down a barn.
(slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.
Barnburner (plural Barnburners)
(historical, US politics, slang) A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc, and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848.
• Hunker
Source: Wiktionary
Barn"burn`er, n. [So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats.]
Definition: A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed to Hunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
