barrel man
Shirtless rodeo clown
A barrel man is someone wearing a barrel as clothing, typically with the implication of extreme poverty—having lost everything including one's clothes.
The image appears in old cartoons and comic strips as a visual shorthand for financial ruin.
In rodeo, a barrel man is a rodeo clown who uses a barrel as protective cover when distracting bulls away from fallen riders.
- caskWooden storage barrel
- cooperWooden vessel maker
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- rodeo clownArena performer distracting bulls
- bull riderRodeo participant atop bovine
clown · comic relief · stadium · mascot · wooden · stave · hoop · beer · wine · keg · cheer · arena · naked · costume · poverty · hobo · down and out · spectator
- rodeobull riding, bareback riding, bronc riding, calf roping, team roping
- rodeo performersbull rider, bronc rider, bareback rider, bulldogger, roper
- rodeo jobsheader, heeler, rodeo clown
economic status
barrel manrich man
Affluent person
man of means · plutocrat · millionaire · tycoon · aristocrat
barrel, man, barrels, barreled, barreling, manly, manliness, manhood, mankind