English Explanatory Dictionary

Bishop Barker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very tall glass of beer.

Pronunciation

En-au-Bishop Barker.ogg

Word forms

Bishop Barker Bishop Barkers

Etymology

After Frederic Barker, who became the second Anglican bishop of Sydney, Australia, in 1855 and was noted for his height and for being a teetotaller. The expression became obsolete in the 1870s.

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