What does barksome mean?
Barksome means Characterised or marked by barking.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Characterised or marked by barking.
I stepped over to the corner and lifted the sheets of paper, and there she was, tinier than I had remembered, and no longer fierce or barksome, and no longer any super dog, capable of great and daring leaps of escape, but instead a quivering, terrified little pup.
Yet Hamlet thought he heard someone speaking, and not inside the stables, where grooms would be caring for the horses, and not in the kennels, either, where the barksome dogs were being fed and petted.
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Barksome means Characterised or marked by barking.
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I stepped over to the corner and lifted the sheets of paper, and there she was, tinier than I had remembered, and no longer fierce or barksome, and no longer any super dog, capable of great and daring leaps of escape, but instead a quivering, terrified little pup.
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