barney

barney
/bahr"nee/, n., pl. barneys.
1. Informal.
a. an argument.
b. a prizefight.
c. a fight or brawl.
d. a blunder or mistake.
2. a small locomotive used in mining and logging.
3. Motion Picture Slang. a heavily padded cover for a camera, used to reduce the camera noise so that it will not be picked up by the sound-recording equipment.
[1860-65; perh. special uses of BARNEY]

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