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| bawn [ bawn ] (plural bawns) |
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1. Canada agriculture meadow: in Ireland and Newfoundland, an area of grass close to a house
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2. Canada flat rocks: in Newfoundland, an area of flat rocks on a beach where fish are laid out to dry
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| [Mid-19th century. < Irish badun< ba "cows" + dun "fortress"] |
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