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• n  someone who burns down a barn
• n  an impressively successful event
  the rock concert was a real barnburner

• But if you expected the Bruce-Vilanchists of Hollywood to storm back and prove their importance by whipping up a barnburner of an Academy Awards in the couple weeks since the end .
• He played with the lyrics, and thus justified picking And I'm Telling You I'm Not Goingthe most typically clichd, overused Idol barnburnerby turning the performance into a .

News & Articles

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• John Lowe: Game 6 in baseball, hockey can be as wild as a goose chase
  In a best-of-seven series, Game 6 often has barnburner potential. One team is desperate to force Game 7, and the other is desperate to put the series away and not face Game 7, where one little thing could ruin everything.
  June 30, 2013 - Detroit Free Press

Quotes

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• Chris Petersen in International Herald Tribune
  It seems like every time we go down there it's a barnburner for whatever reason,coach Chris Peterson said. "They are always tight games, hard fought games. We'll probably have another one Friday."
• Phil Jackson in Los Angeles Times
  It might happen,Jackson said. "We told them on this trip that if they lose the first one, you could steamroll this into a three-loss trip. So they're aware of the fact that they could walk into a barnburner on Sunday and not escape."
• Mark Richt in SportingNews.com
  This is a very typical Auburn team,Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "They're a physical, hard-nosed bunch. They make very few mistakes. This will be just another Southeastern Conference barnburner, more than likely."