bishop barker

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von bishop barker im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A very tall glass of beer

1898: For a Bishop Barker he would compose a quatrain on any subject – a person preferred – suggested by the man who tipped him the drink — short story Dictionary Ned by Price Warung in his collection Half-Crown Bob and Tales of the Riverine, 1898 (quoted by Wannan).

Silbentrennung

bish·op bark·er

Türkische aussprache

bîşıp bärkır

Aussprache

/ˈbəsʜəp ˈbärkər/ /ˈbɪʃəp ˈbɑːrkɜr/

Etymologie

() From a prominent clergyman Bishop Barker in Sydney, Australia in the 1850s noted for his height. The expression became obsolete in the 1870s. (Reference: Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, 1970, reprint 1979 ISBN 0-7018-1309-1.)