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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
John Barleycorn
    n 1: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than
         fermented [syn: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink,
         hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Barleycorn \Bar"ley*corn`\, n. [See Corn.]
   1. A grain or "corn" of barley.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Formerly, a measure of length, equal to the average length
      of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch.
      [1913 Webster]

   John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as
      the source of malt liquor or whisky.
      [1913 Webster]

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