barlow
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barlow
1770–80, after a family of Sheffield cutlers named Barlow, who are alleged to have produced a knife of this type before 1700
Example Sentences
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The group currently consists of three members - Gary Barlow, Mark Own and Howard Donald - and a recent Netflix documentary examined the group's success.
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Reserve manager Jenny Barlow said they had not expected to see a trace of the species on their land.
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The band's new Netflix documentary revealed lead singer Gary Barlow performed for the first time at Connah's Quay Labour Club, when he was just 11 years old.
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Club treasurer Susan Jones only found out the songwriter had name-checked the club through social media and told the BBC the venue had "made Gary Barlow".
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In the Netflix documentary Take That, Barlow revealed he had performed his very first gig at the club in Flintshire in the early '80s.
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