barfly

[ bahr-flahy ]

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noun,plural bar·flies.Slang.

a person who frequents barrooms.

Origin of barfly

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; bar¹ + fly¹

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How to use barfly in a sentence

In early April 1949, the petite 18-year-old barfly was found in a shallow grave in the desert of southern New Mexico.
Who's Murdering the Prostitutes of Albuquerque? | Sally Denton | April 27, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
And it should have been obvious to me, maybe not that he was an Executive Special, but that he was certainly no drunken barfly.
Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for barfly

barfly

/ (ˈbɑːflaɪ) /

nounplural -flies

informal a person who frequents bars

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