chucker-out

American  

[chuhk-er-aut] / ˈtʃʌk ərˈaʊt /

noun

British Slang.

• chuckers-out
  plural

1. bouncer.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chuckers-out
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of chucker-out

1875–80; chuck out + -er ¹

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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 Robert Smythe Hichens

The suggestion made by an Irishman, Mr. Sullivan of Reuter's Agency, to employ a London "chucker-out" did not at all appeal to his notions of the traditions of Parisian gastronomic hospitality.

From Paris War Days Diary of an American by Charles Inman Barnard

I'll appoint you chucker-out; in other words, I'll make you deputy-manager, Mr. Green.

From The Woman's Way by Charles Garvice

"Come on," said the "chucker-out", with kindly insistence, "you'd better be getting on."

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

The two of them, with a large chucker-out, had finally landed in a heap in Leicester Square—with the hatless gentleman underneath.

From Mufti by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

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

From Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies

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

From The Three Eyes by Maurice Leblanc

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 J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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 P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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