barnstormer
Example Sentences
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I just came in like a young, arrogant barnstormer: “OK, I’m playing all the piano now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
Her 10-minute greatest hits set was an absolute barnstormer.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
The latest Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimate is up at 5.8% annualised and, while surely overstating things, this quarter looks like being a barnstormer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
When Obama misidentified the city he was in, the flub was attributed to a long day by a nation-trotting barnstormer, Jamieson said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2022
His faculty did not rust long for lack of use, and at Drogheda, when he was but sixteen, he encountered one Price, half barnstormer, half thief.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
