barnburner

/B AA1 R N B ER0 N ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    An extremely exciting or successful event or person.

  2. 2

    One who burns down a barn.

  3. 3

    (chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.

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