Meaning

2 senses

  1. (derogatory, slang)A person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment

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  2. (derogatory, slang)A promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The barfly dryly brushes off suitors.

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  2. Churchwomen howled that whiskey was turning men into drunkards and barflies.

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Translations

5 languages
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person who spends much time in a bar:

Origin

From bar + fly.

From bar + fly.

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Forms

plural: barflies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
drunkard

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbarfly jumpingbar star

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
barelyB1barfbargainA2bargainingbarge
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