chucker-out

American  

[chuhk-er-out] / ˈtʃʌk ərˈaʊt /

noun

British Slang.

chuckers-out plural

1. bouncer.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chuckers-out
  plural

Etymology

Origin of chucker-out

1875–80; chuck out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

chucker-out chuckers-out

A gigantic "chucker-out" observed them with the dull gaze of sullen habit, and a beggar-boy whined to them in vain for alms, then fluttered into obscurity.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Still the "chucker-out" kept thrusting his chest forward at him, still he kept edging back, until he was in the doorway and on the steps outside; then he turned round.

From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.

From Changing Winds A Novel by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)

On the first landing was another guard, a heavy, brutal-looking fellow who was no doubt the "chucker-out."

From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod

They could not feel that the Prohibitionist, that vulgar chucker-out, was chucking Chaucer out of the Tabard and Shakespeare out of the Mermaid.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

He brought with him his chuckers-out, and order was restored.

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

The "chuckers-out" began their coarse horse-play, and in the general melée Raleigh distinguished himself.

From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard

Even as the purposeful-looking chuckers-out wended their leopard-like steps toward the box, he was rushing out into the street.

From A Man of Means by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

But the chuckers-out were there, wearing their ushers' chains and looking as fierce and aggressive as ever.

From The Three Eyes by Leblanc, Maurice