The fictional character from the folk tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in the "Arabian Nights" collection.

Western given name Barbara

waiting or looking at something with great eagerness or anxiety; impatient

to speak haltingly or with a stutter; to be tongue-tied

(colloquial) looking very pathetic or pitiful; wretched

(colloquial) wrinkled; crumpled; badly creased

dry and parched; dried out and hard; withered and skinny

Barbados (island nation in the West Indies)

describes a surface that feels tight or a garment that is tight-fitting and uncomfortable

very wrinkled or shriveled; messy and folded like unironed clothes or withered skin

colloquial description of being very tense, impatient, or in a great hurry

Mbabane, the administrative capital of Eswatini

(colloquial) in a great hurry; describes being in a rush or doing something very quickly

very thin; emaciated

currency of Barbados

to manage a task with great difficulty or to speak in a halting and stuttering manner

stammering; not speaking fluently

to toil; to be busy and hurried

harsh and aggressive in manner or appearance; savage

To barely manage to sustain a living or handle a task; to work hard just to get by.

a species of small fish found in fresh water

(variant form) fierce; ferocious; aggressive; surly

eagerly anticipating or worriedly longing for someone or something to appear