chucker-out

[ chuhk-er-out ]

noun,plural chuck·ers-out.British Slang.

Origin of chucker-out

1
1875–80; chuck out + -er1

Words Nearby chucker-out

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How to use chucker-out in a sentence

  • Her intimate friendship with Chucker‑out, the huge St. Bernard, lasted for nearly both their lives, alas!

    The Martian | George Du Maurier
  • At about eleven o'clock a "chucker out" would go down and clear out all the gentlemen who had not paid in advance for the night.

    A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
  • The strongest man might be needed as a "chucker-out" if there was a row.

  • My eyes had not deceived me, for there was the protg behind the counter in his new capacity of barman and ‘chucker out.’

    Tales of Northumbria | Howard Pease
  • After the war youll see him as a chucker-out at a pub., or throwing cannon-balls about the music-hall stage.

    John Brown | Captain R. W. Campbell