bar

bar
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Australian Slang
adj) in children's games:
1. (in chasing games) not able to be tagged, tipped, or otherwise got at: 'You can't get me, I'm bar';
2. (of a place) designated as one in which a player is safe: 'All the trees are bar, except the last one';
3. (more generally) free from being assailed or affected by something; inviolate;
4. home or safety spot in chasings
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Cockney Rhyming Slang
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Cumbrian Dictionary
(n bar) pound sterling. e.g. Can yer len us two bar? = Would you be so kind as to loan me two English pounds?
See also pun.

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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