barfly
Americannoun
plural
barfliesnoun
Etymology
Origin of barfly
Example Sentences
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A daughter of Washington, D.C.’s Black bourgeoisie, Horn often attired herself in furs and white gloves, but she could outlast even the hardiest barfly as the night wore on.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
And by the end of the fourth "She-Hulk" episode, "Is This Not Real Magic?" the mononymous sorcerer has an adorable barfly handle: "Wongers."
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2022
A Swedish woman with a secret finds her bargeman father, barfly Marthy and a seaman who falls for her.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
He occasionally won meatier parts, such as the Harvard-educated barfly Willie Oban in a 1973 screen version of O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2018
He had begun to dress more neatly and speak more grammatically; to look and act more like a spaceman and less like a barfly.
From Space Viking by Piper, H. Beam
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