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Barry, Welsh Barri, town (1991 pop. 45,053) and port, Vale of Glamorgan, S Wales, on the Bristol Channel. Once a major coal-exporting port, its more diversified export products include cement, flour, and steel products. The leading imports are bananas, oil, timber, grain, and sand. Barry also has large storage and ship-repair facilities. The town is a seaside resort especially noted for the beaches on Barry Island, which is linked to the mainland. Barry1 1. Sir Charles. 1795--1860, English architect: designer of the Houses of Parliament in London 2. Comtesse du. See du Barry 3. John, real name John Barry Prendergast. born 1933, British composer of film scores, including several for films in the James Bond series Barry2 a port in SE Wales, in Vale of Glamorgan county borough on the Bristol Channel. Pop.: 50 661 (2001) Barry St. Bernard dog; saved over 40 snowbound people in Alps. [Swiss Hist.: Wallechinsky, 126] See : Rescue How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It seems to me, Barry, that your horse does not look so well as he did when you first had him; has he been well? And Saxon, back in her own kitchen and preparing supper for Billy, wondered what lusts and rapacities had led the old, burnt-faced woman from the big Peruvian ranch, through all the world, to West Oakland and Barry Higgins Old Barry was not the sort who would fling away his share of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, much less ever attain to such opulence. If you had listened to what I was saying, you would have heard that I did not only pray for the Comtesse du Barry. |
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