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floorer

American  
[flawr-er, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ər, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

  1. a person who lays floors.

  2. a person, blow, etc., that knocks someone or something to the floor.

  3. Informal. something that beats, overwhelms, or confounds.


Etymology

Origin of floorer

First recorded in 1785–95; floor + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He worked temporarily in Rada’s school as a floorer.

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2022

The 56-year-old retired floorer has been making weekly runs since the crisis began and plans to continue, even though his lead lines were replaced last week.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2019

This was something of a floorer; I felt myself grow red-hot.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various

Which to take the first of the turnstile wings is the floorer.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 by Various

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