Meaning of Hammerbarn | Babel Free

Definitions

A store selling goods for home improvement and DIY, and household hardware.

Australia, neologism, slang

Examples

“I'm replacing my living room carpet with tile. I think I might be able to replace the shabby bathroom linoleum too. Off to Hammerbarn to look at bathroom tile.”

“One of these on special at Hammerbarn. I do have to keep on top of it, mowing once a week at the moment or I run out of charge about ⅔ of the way through. Same deal when I moved the height down a notch, ran out of battery before finished”

“I have just been patronised terribly by a blokey bloke attendant at the Hammerbarn. My crime, I’m a girl who wanted to fix her own dunny seat, and didn't want the cheap nasty one. I complained.”

“[discussing Star Wars-themed garden statues] Everytime^([sic]) I walk passed^([sic]) those at the local Hammerbarn, the Boba [Fett] and Mando [the Mandalorian] ones get me thinking of Jango [Fett] and that is maybe not that great an association to be conjuring...”

“Today has been very bloody draining. Psych for child, GP for me and the bloody emotional cofferdam was broken, then off to Hammerbarn for something no-one could find, then fucking idiot drivers, now 15 minutes to sit on my arse before school pickup.”

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