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barker

noun

Meaning

  1. Someone or something who barks.
  2. A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.
  3. A shelf-talker.
  4. A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.
  5. A pistol.
  6. The spotted redshank.
  7. A person who removes needed or valuable tree bark, as on a cinnamon or cinchona plantation.
  8. A tanner.
  9. A machine used to remove unneeded bark from wood.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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