barnieEtymologyFrom barn + -ie.nounA barn owl or barn swallow.“Bonnot found that the "area covered by the bed was three inches deep with feathers, wings, and bodies" of the hapless birds. The barnies had so little difficulty catching them that in many instances they simply bit off the heads”A barn occupant.“The 'Barnies' as they were more commonly known, were, in the main, deserving pensioners”