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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barley Cap

To wear the barley cap. To be top-heavy or tipsy with barley-bree. The liquor got into the head.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Barleycorn
Barley-bree
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