barnburner

idiomatic New-Jersey Pennsylvania Southern slang

(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person. / One who burns down a barn. / (slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.

Japanese Meaning

非常に刺激的で成功したイベント、またはそのような人物 / 納屋などを焼き払う人 / どこでも点火可能なマッチ（主にペンシルベニア州、南ニュージャージー州、メリーランド州での俗語）

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The championship game was a real barnburner, with both teams trading leads until the final second.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

選手権の試合は本当に手に汗握る接戦で、両チームが最終秒までリードを入れ替え続けた。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person.

Those deathless twin barnburners return to the Metropolitan Opera tonight.

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Sense（2）

One who burns down a barn.

Sense（3）

(slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match.

barnburners

（ plural ）

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