barnet

Definition

hair (on one's head)

Etymology

Rhyming slang, from Barnet Fair, an annual horse and pleasure fair in Barnet, North London.

Example Sentences

• "Boris [Johnson], it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of."
• "Rather than banging on about my barnet, I’d ask friends about theirs."