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Noun: barnburner  'barn,bur-nur
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Someone who burns down a barn
     
  2. An impressively successful event
    "the rock concert was a real barnburner"

Derived forms: barnburners

Type of: arsonist, firebug, fire-raiser [Brit], incendiary, success

Encyclopedia: Barnburner

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