floorer

[ flawr-er, flohr- ]

/ ˈflɔr ər, ˈfloʊr- /

noun

a person who lays floors.

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

Informal. something that beats, overwhelms, or confounds.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Origin of floorer

First recorded in 1785–95; floor + -er¹

Words nearby floorer

floor-work, floorage, floorboard, floorcloth, floorcover, floorer, flooring, flooring brad, flooring saw, floorman, floorshift

Example sentences from the Web for floorer

"Take that, then," said the other, and gave him a floorer; but he was prevented from falling by those around him.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II.|Pierce Egan
Skittles has within the past few years received an awful blow—quite a floorer—from the powers that be.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
Which to take the first of the turnstile wings is the floorer.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890|Various
This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847|Various

Floorer, a blow sufficiently strong to knock a man down, or bring him to the floor.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

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