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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: barn + storm 'to attack'; from the performance of traveling actors in barns

barnstorm

 verb
     
barn‧storm [intransitive]
American English to travel from place to place making short stops to give political speeches, theatre performances, or aircraft flying shows
—barnstormer noun [countable]
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