barracks

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We know John Bercow enjoys a rhetorical flourish, and often intervenes in rowdy Commons debates to deliver withering put-downs to backbench barrackers.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2019

For months now, Malcolm Turnbull, Josh Frydenberg, various fossil fuel energy executives and media barrackers like Paul Kelly have been rabbiting on about the “energy trilemma”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2017

Wallace alone found a use for the barrackers.

From Time Magazine Archive

But her hopes were rapidly put to flight, and the spirits of the Cunjee "barrackers" went down to zero as it became distressingly apparent that Mr. Billings and his partner were there to stay.

From Mates at Billabong by Bruce, Mary Grant