John Bar‧ley‧corn /ˌdʒɒn ˈbɑːlikɔːn $ ˌdʒɑːn ˈbɑːrlikɔːrn/
noun [uncountable] literary old-fashioned the
personification (=the representation of a thing as a person, in literature or art) of alcoholic drink, especially strong drinks such as
whisky [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲