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 Barleycorn.Barley Sugar. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Barley-mow.
 
A heap of barley housed, or where it is housed. (Anglo-Saxon, mowe, a heap; Italian, mucchio; Spanish, mucho.)   1
 


 Barleycorn.Barley Sugar. 

 
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